ABSTRACT
Workplacedisastersareinevitable,andcanproducetremendousstressforthe individualsinvolved.Whilemuchisknownaboutworkstress,particularly chronicworkstress,farlessisknownaboutacuteworkplacedisasters.Inthis chapterwereviewtheliteratureontheeffectsofacuteworkplacedisastersin ordertounderstandtheireffectsonemployeehealthandwell-being.Wethen ascertainhowindividualscopewiththesesituations.Understandinghow peoplecopewithworkplace(ortechnological)disastersisparticularly importantbecausetheirnegativeeffectsmayexceedthoseofnaturaldisasters (Baum,1988).
