Study on the Basic Problems of Safety Culture

He, AHong; Xu, Surui; Gui, Fu

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2012.08.042

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“…Moreover, the personal attributes of individuals can also be responsible for their different attitudes and beliefs. The management cannot have control over these factors in any organization or industry (24)(25)(26). A limitation of the present study was the lack of a systematic management system to assess safety culture maturity among the managers.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…As shown in this study and in others, the management commitment to safety issues is an influential factor in establishing a positive attitude toward safety and a strong safety culture among industrial workers. Therefore, given the priority of this factor, organizational commitment to a safety culture and its establishment in such a way that is accessible to the workers can be claimed to be among the main factors involved in promoting a culture of safety in any industry or organization (23,26,27). To create a positive atmosphere of safety in an industry or organization and incorporate safe working practices into the personnel's routine, management policies and commitment to safety and relevant issues should be directed toward generating a positive attitude in the workers.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Safety culture in GolGohar Mine in Southeast Iran in 2014

Fazli

Ansari

Zare

et al. 2014

JOHE

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Received: September 2015, Accepted: November 2015 Background: Safety culture and attitude form an integral part of organizations' cultures and their improved levels are influential in the prevention of occupational accidents and injuries. The present study was conducted to assess the safety culture and attitude of workers in the mining industry in Iran. Materials and Methods:The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 172 workers employed in GolGohar Mine in Southeast Iran. Data were collected using a standard safety culture questionnaire, and then, analyzed in SPSS software using ANOVA, independent t-test, and the linear regression model. Results: Participants' mean age and mean length of work experience were 38.13 ± 7.11 and 9.95 ± 4.84 years, respectively. The level of education was found to be significantly related to management commitment (P = 0.003) and training (P = 0.001). Age was found to be significantly related to management commitment (P = 0.044), exchange of information (P = 0.020), and training (P = 0.047). In addition, work experience was found to be significantly related to training (P = 0.010) and safety prioritization (P = 0.002). However, employment and marital status had no significant relationships with the culture of safety (P > 0.050). Participants had experienced no occupational accidents during the course of their work. Conclusions:The present study showed the effectiveness of the level of education, age, and work experience in promoting the culture of safety. Adopting measures to increase the employment of better educated individuals, providing safety training prior to recruitment, and using more experienced workers' recommendations can promote the culture of safety in the organization and reduce occupational accidents.

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confidence: 91%

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confidence: 99%

Safety culture in GolGohar Mine in Southeast Iran in 2014

Fazli

Ansari

Zare

et al. 2014

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“…For conducting this preliminary study, different safety culture survey tools were identified by an extensive review of literature (He et al, 2012;Wang and Sun 2012). Constructs identified in the initial observation, walk through survey, interviews and focus groups discussions formed the basis for developing tailored safety climate questionnaire specific to this plant.…”

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Safety Climate and Culture Review: A Case Study of Water and Power Project

Almalki

Zakaria²,

Balkhyour

et al. 2019

JSS

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Systematic management of occupational safety and health (OSH) issues requires attention in many aspects like regulatory, technical, organizational and managerial. Approaching OSH from an organizational culture perspective can also facilitate achieving sustainable improvements in organizational OSH performance. OSH culture helps in seeing and organizing safety from different perspectives and should not be reduced to a matter of culture only. The knowledge, information and data gathered is expected to be very useful in the process of improving OSH-related procedures, practices and policies, eventually leading to enhanced OSH performance. This paper attempts to describe a cultural approach towards understanding organizational OSH. It will help the readers, professionals, authorities, and policy makers in understanding OSH from a cultural point of view, and how to assess this OSH culture as part of the of organizational improvement process. The aim is to disseminate latest information on this complex topic, trying to build a bridge between practice and research. The scientific literature shows these two terms, safety climate and safety culture, are often interchangeable, but they are distinct but related concepts. The word "safety culture" is a complex and persistent feature reflecting fundamental assumptions, expectations, norms and values, which are also represented by societal culture while "safety climate" best pronounces attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions of employees classically measured by surveys and observations. Safety culture measurement requires detailed investigation of how members in an organization interact to form a shared view of safety. This paper explores the ideas of an organization’s safety climate and culture for the purpose of determining which is more advantageous for accurately describing a "state of safety”. Preliminary results of a case study from a water and power project from Saudi Arabia has been added.

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“…A body of literature has emerged in the field of occupational injuries and accidents, particularly in response to the measures of safety at workplace (Carpenter, 2017;Chang, Yang & Lauricella, 2019;Dutra, Cimiotti & de Brito Guirardello, 2018;Hafeez, Abdullah, Riaz & Shafique, 2020;Tan, Wang, Chen and Ren, 2012;Read, 2014;Taufek, Zulkifle & Kadir, 2016;Yeh, 2017). Workplace fatality rate has reached at a frightening point, where 2.3 million causalities and 1.9 million severe injuries (Pereira, Ahn, Han & Abourizk, 2020) showing an increasing trend.…”

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Organizational resilience process: integrated model of safety culture

Hafeez

Abdullah

Zaheer

et al. 2021

OMJ

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Purpose The purpose of the study is to create substantial awareness for safety precautions and safety parameters to lessen occupational injuries and accidents. Utilization of safety culture phenomenon with its fundamental understanding has imperative consideration for safety compliance and participation behaviors. Thoughtful aim of this study is the extension of knowledge related to safety orientation particularly in primary health-care workforce. Design/methodology/approach Only slips and trips accounted for 40% of workplace injuries in nursing professionals. To identity, the data were collected through structured surveys from nursing professionals of public and private hospitals in Pakistan. To evaluate that data for current study, standardized regression coefficients (parameter estimation) with 95% confidence interval and 5,000 bootstrap samples were subjected. Confirmatory factor analysis was also used to measure the validity of study constructs. Findings The potential findings of present study have assured the presence of safety culture at workplace has potential to influences negative safety outcomes. In addition, safety compliance and safety participation as mediation paths would be the strengthening addition to safety model. These findings have extended the existing understanding of compliance and participation behaviors from single factor to two different constructs of safety orientation. This safety culture model offers an evidence-based approach to nursing practitioners and nursing managers with implications for nurse’s safety, education and training. Originality/value Occupational injuries and accidental happenings have adversely affecting the quality of care, patient’s recovery spam, satisfaction level and psychological health in care agents. This study has proposed a comprehensive model for understanding the mechanism of possible and reliable safety implications at health-care units. Prior knowledge has limitation to the inevitable effects of occupational injuries only rather than focusing on corrective actions against this phenomenon.

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Study on the Basic Problems of Safety Culture

Cited by 19 publications

References 10 publications

Safety culture in GolGohar Mine in Southeast Iran in 2014

Safety culture in GolGohar Mine in Southeast Iran in 2014

Safety Climate and Culture Review: A Case Study of Water and Power Project

Organizational resilience process: integrated model of safety culture

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