Safety Management Practices and Occupational Health and Safety Performance: An Empirical Review

Abstract

his paper aims to investigate how the relationship between safety management practices and occupational health and safety performance have been examined in the literature, and which future research areas can be recommended. This systematic literature review applied the matrix method to examine major literature in safety management practices and occupational health and safety performance. A total of 24 papers in English peer-reviewed from 21 journals were selected and analyzed. The synthesis of these empirical studies revealed the following: The relationship between safety management practices and occupational health and safety performance has mostly been investigated quantitatively in many countries and sectors; management commitment to safety, safety rules, and procedures and safety training are still most commonly used safety management practices to improve occupational health and safety performance. In this study, research articles were selected only from English journals; therefore, some research articles in other languages might not be included. The findings of this study can be used to develop a safety management model to reduce the rate of injuries, accidents, and near misses in high hazardous risk organizations. Overall, the findings provide Safety management practices overview that practitioners use to manage safety performance. There are only a few systematic literature reviews available on safety management practices, occupational health, and safety performance. This paper is among the first systematic literature reviews to analyze how safety management practices have been associated with occupational health and safety performance and provide potential research avenues.

Safety management and safety outcomes in oil and gas industry in Malaysia: Safety compliance as a mediator

“…These respondents were workers as pipeliners, material specialists, civil and chemical specialists. However, the reason sample selection was from operation and production departments is because statistics show that employees associated with these departments have a high rate of occupational injuries and occupational accidents experience, 2 and these participants were selected from four different states (Malacca, Pahang, Kedah, and Terengganu). The literature shows that the oil and gas industry is “safety‐sensitive,” but data collection was a challenge due to security reasons; therefore, a convenience sampling technique was employed.…”

“…Safety management practices play a significant role in reducing accidents and injuries to keep employees safe in the workplace 1 . In addition, the absence of safety management practices is the root cause of most industrial accidents 2 . However, in the 21st century, technological advancement increased organizational productivity by leaps and, 3 even though ensuring workplace safety is still the biggest challenge for the researchers and practitioners to reduce occupational health and safety expenses 4,5 .…”

“…tion, the absence of safety management practices is the root cause of most industrial accidents. 2 However, in the 21st century, technological advancement increased organizational productivity by leaps and, 3 even though ensuring workplace safety is still the biggest challenge for the researchers and practitioners to reduce occupational health and safety expenses. 4,5 Workers worldwide, including in developed countries, for example, the United States and Germany, still suffer millions of injuries every year.…”

Prácticas de gestión de seguridad y salud en el trabajo: Una revisión sistemática de la literatura

“…Para Ajmal et al (2021), el compromiso de la dirección con la seguridad; las normas y los procedimientos de seguridad; y la formación en seguridad siguen siendo las prácticas de gestión de la seguridad más utilizadas para mejorar el rendimiento de la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo. Por su parte, Cheng et al (2013) hallaron que el comité de seguridad a nivel de proyecto, la política de seguridad escrita y el esquema de capacitación en seguridad explican significativamente la variación sobre el desempeño de los proyectos de construcción.…”

“…Por ello, investigadores como Oakman et al (2017); Fernández-Muñiz et al (2009); Peignier et al (2011); Latif et al (2021) y Ajmal et al (2021) han realizado investigaciones sobre las PGSST en empresas de diversos sectores como el manufacturero, el de servicios, la construcción y el comercio. La Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo (SST) requiere gestionarse en cualquier ambiente laboral, donde es posible encontrar riesgos biomecánicos, eléctricos, maquinaria móvil y fija, trabajos en altura, espacios confinados, estrés térmico, iluminación y ruido (Davidson et al, 2018) o cualquier otro riesgo.…”