Abstract
The safety climate is becoming more and more important in the processes of subway operation safety management due to various accidents. The research objective of this study is to explore the effects of safety climate and personal factors on safety behavior in subway operation. First, a conceptual model is developed based on the literature review and expert experience. Then, data are collected from 352 workers in the Xuzhou subway operation company by questionnaire survey. Third, the structural equation model is employed to do model analysis based on SPSS and AMOS, and the final model is achieved through a serious of model tests and modification. At last, the quantitative effect of safety climate on worker’s safety behavior in subway operation is obtained and analyzed. The results show that the descending order of total influence effect of safety climate on safety behavior is safety attitude (0.36), safety communication (0.265), safety policy (0.238), safety education and training (0.1), management commitment (0.099), and safety participation (0.073), respectively. The total influence effects of mediator variables (safety awareness and safety ability) are 0.242 and 0.194, respectively. This study would be beneficial by offering recommendations in regard to worker’s safety behavior to raise the safety level in subway operation.
Highlights
In the last few decades, the effects of safety climate on worker’s safety behavior have attracted the interests of many researchers in various industries [1,2,3]
From the demographic characteristics of the sample, it can be seen that its variables are more in line with the actual situation, meet the sample requirements for this survey, and avoid the accidental factors caused by a single sample, which gives this study more universal and practical significance
A conceptual model of the effect of safety climate on safety behavior was constructed at first, and the data were subsequently collected by a questionnaire survey in Xuzhou subway operation company
Summary
In the last few decades, the effects of safety climate on worker’s safety behavior have attracted the interests of many researchers in various industries [1,2,3]. Compared with other modes of transportation, public transportation plays a positive role in improving efficiency, saving resources, and reducing pollution. Macioszek et al [7] indicated that the bicycle sharing system is an effective tool to promote various modes of transportation and can be used as an element to improve the sustainable transportation of cities. It brings great advantages in effectively reducing traffic congestion and using urban space. After the opening of the subway, due to its advantage of speed and rapidity compared with other means of transportation, it has attracted many passengers to transfer from other means of transportation to the subway
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