Safety Performance in Middle Scale Industry: A Literature Review

Abstract

The cases on work accidents in Indonesia require serious counter measures. Among them is the application of work behavior focusing on safety performance. In its application, safety performance still requires full supports from various organizational aspects. In the middle scale industry, the application of safety performance is still rarely conducted. The characteristic of middle scale industry which focuses more on the continuity of production process with a lot of limitations makes the safety performance system to be less prioritized. This study aimed at identifying opportunities and challenges on applying safety performance in middle scale industry through a library study. There were 37 journals found after searching through five online journal databases. Results showed that the characteristics of middle scale industry, collectivistic culture and power distance, the role of the leader, encouragements and communications with colleagues are supporting factors toward the application of safety performance in middle scale industry. On the contrary, characteristics of staffs, management, organization, technology and external factors are the challenging factors toward the application of safety performance in middle scale industry.