Abstract
More than five thousand workers lost their lives in 2018 due to occupational incidents. Research suggests that increased job control and safety citizenship can help mitigate occupational incidents. This study aims to answer the following research question: Does a relationship exist between the behavior of reporting occupational injuries and both job control and safety citizenship? This exploratory cross-sectional study used an employee perception questionnaire to examine the behavior of reporting occupational injuries, employee job control, and six safety citizenship sub-dimensions of action (i.e. stewardship, civic virtue, whistleblowing, initiating safety-related change, voice, and helping) at two companies in the Midwestern region of the United States. The survey consisted of 34 items and used a 5-point Likert Scale to quantify the data gathered along with other demographic variables. An ordinal logistic regression analysis to investigate the relationship between the behavior of reporting occupational injuries, job control, and the six sub-dimensions of safety citizenship was conducted. Results indicate that job control ( X2 = 8.512, df = 1, p < 0.05) and whistleblowing (X2 = 4.836, df = 1, p < 0.05) predict the behavior of occupational injury reporting.
Highlights
Introduction and BackgroundHofman and colleagues [1] note that significant improvements to safety have occurred in workplaces across the United States over the past century
This study aims to answer the following research question: Does a relationship exist between the behavior of reporting occupational injuries and both job control and safety citizenship? This exploratory cross-sectional study used an employee perception questionnaire to examine the behavior of reporting occupational injuries, employee job control, and six safety citizenship sub-dimensions of action at two companies in the Midwestern region of the United States
This study aims to answer the following research question: Does a relationship exist between the behavior of reporting occupational injuries and both self-perceived job control and safety citizenship? This study uses a self-report questionnaire to: 1. Assess the relationship between the behavior of occupational injury reporting among employees working in the distilling industry and their self-perceived job control and six subdimensions of action of safety citizenship
Summary
Introduction and BackgroundHofman and colleagues [1] note that significant improvements to safety have occurred in workplaces across the United States over the past century. More than five thousand workers lost their lives in 2018 due to occupational incidents [2]. Procedures, and programs aimed to mitigate occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities [3]. Such implementation can reduce the severity of work place injuries, protect employees, and assist the employer in attaining regulatory safety compliance. Griffin and Neal [4] define safety compliance as, “the core safety activities that need to be carried out by individuals to maintain workplace safety” (p.349). Ensuring safety compliance at a workplace does not negate occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. Employers often implement leading indicator programs, which include analyses of workplace events, conditions or measures, to predict and prevent future occupational incidents.
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