Formation Of Safety Culture Research Articles

Assessment of the safety culture of the Clinical Center of Sechenov University

Formation of safety culture is a basic requirement of international standards and Roszdravnadzor’s Proposals (Practical Recommendations) for quality and safety of medical activities in Russian Federation. A developed safety culture influences the reduction of undesirable events in medical organization. Aim. To assess the level of safety culture of the Clinical Center of Sechenov University with the subsequent development of a strategy for its improvement. Materials and methods. The study was conducted using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety questionnaire adapted by the authors according to the methodology of the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality. A total of 1049 medical workers of the Clinical Center of Sechenov University participated in the survey. Statistics To assess the reliability and consistency of the obtained results, the Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient was calculated in IBM SPSS program, statistical analysis was performed, and comparative analysis with international databases was carried out.Results. Middle medical personnel 45.2 % (n = 474), physicians 40.6 % (n = 426), junior medical personnel 11.7 % (n = 123), residents 2.5 % (n = 26) participated in the survey. Representatives of the most high-risk specialties participated more actively: anesthesiology and resuscitation 12.3 % (n = 129), surgery 9.6 % (n = 101), cardiology 8.3 % (n = 87). The strongest component of safety culture was teamwork within departments 83.1 % (n = 872). Nine components were found to be neutral. Two components were the weakest requiring improvement: staffing 44,5 % (n = 467) and non-punitive response to adverse events 47.1 % (n = 495). The overall safety culture level of the Clinical Center was 64 %. Comparative analysis with foreign data showed that the level of safety culture of the Clinical Center is higher than the average of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries and Saudi Arabia (52 %), and is on par with the indicators of medical organizations in the United States of America (65 %). The strategy for improving the safety culture of the Clinical Center has been to develop a culture of reporting: anonymous collection of reports of adverse events electronically, role-playing training of employees in a game format on how to report and deal with adverse events, and launching a competition, “Sechenovtsy for Safety. Incidents”.

Validity and reliability study of charity hazard scale

Safety culture, which enables people to think proactively, is a concept that is still developing in Turkey. From a disaster management point of view, the concept of safety culture provides the formation of a culture covering the implementation of the risk management phase. Therefore, it is possible to state that the concept of charity hazard poses a serious threat to the safety culture. Thus, the concept of charity hazard is of great importance in the formation of safety culture in the fields of occupational health and safety, emergency aid and disaster management. In this context, the present study aims to develop a valid and reliable scale for the concept of charity hazard. As a result of the analyses conducted with 532 participants residing in different cities across Turkey and working in different fields; the factor loadings of the items in the scale ranged between 0.51 and 0.95 and the total variance explained was calculated as 63.244 %. According to the results of the confirmatory factor analysis, the charity hazard scale consists of 3 factors and 10 items (X2/df = 2.346, RMSEA: 0.050, SRMR: 0.048, NFI: 0.97, NNFI: 0.97, CFI: 0.98, GFI: 0.97, AGFI: 0.95). The internal consistency of the scale was calculated as 0.758 and item-total correlations ranged between 0.318 and 0.554. In conclusion, the analyses show that the charity hazard scale developed is a valid and reliable measurement tool.

Creation of satisfactory safety culture by developing its key dimensions

Safety culture is a major factor of safety performance. However, a limited number of studies have been carried out on the formation of safety culture in an organization or on the relationship between the maturity of safety culture and employee satisfaction. This study analyzes the path toward the satisfaction of all employee groups through the maturation of various dimensions of safety culture within an organization. Furthermore, it compares the path between environments with high and low communication. The empirical data was gathered using a survey of employees from two Finnish industrial organizations, at all organizational levels, that received 289 responses. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and group comparisons were utilized to analyze the data obtained. It was found that employees’ overall satisfaction with safety culture is mainly affected by employee commitment. Employee commitment, in turn, is heavily dependent on top management commitment, which is mediated by supervisor commitment and safety training. By understanding how safety culture is developed in an organization, more effective paths can be identified to improve safety culture further using the results of a maturity analysis. The relationships identified suggest that individual safety culture dimensions should not be developed separately, as they are all related to each other. Finally, it is found that mature communication may specifically support the commitment of employees even without the commitment of supervisors.

Safety Culture: Historiography of Notion

This article dwells upon the formation of safety culture. It analyzes the data on the causes of accidents with severe consequences. The author stresses it is crucial to promote knowledge of labor protection and safety culture formation to prevent workplace accidents and occupational diseases. This article presents a literature review on the emergence and development of the notion of safety culture. Some documents from the International Advisory Group for Nuclear Safety of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Labor Organization that shed light on the theory of safety culture formation. The paper also presents the formation of safety culture in the context of legal and statutory regulation. The research employs such theoretical research methods as analyzing, filing, and aggregation of international documents, regulatory framework, and academic papers, as well as their classification, comparison, and comparative analysis. The issue of defining the structural components and criteria indices for safety culture remains open for discussion. The results of the research can be used as a theoretical basis for the development of conceptual provisions for the formation of safety culture.

SAFETY CULTURE: THE INTERNATIONAL ASPECT

The article provides a theoretical analysis of international documents regarding the origin and formation of the definition of “safety culture”. It was found that the concept under study was first defined by the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The main international aspects of using the concept of “safety culture” are considered such as: organizational culture, harmonized safety culture. It was revealed that later the term “safety culture” began to appear in the documents of the International Labor Organization and was subsequently transformed into the culture of preventive measures in labor protection, the culture of occupational safety and health prevention. The work uses theoretical research methods such as: analysis, systematization and generalization of international documents, regulatory environment and scientific publications, classification, comparison, comparative analysis. It is concluded that it is necessary to conduct research related to the formation of safety culture among specialists in the field of occupational safety and health. The research results can be used as a theoretical basis for the development of conceptual provisions of safety culture formation.

Model of formation of professional activity safety culture of future occupational safety and health engineers

The purpose of the article is to consider the model of the formation of the safety culture of professional activity in future occupational safety and health engineers. The urgency of the implementation of the stated research within the Concept of sustainable development has been substantiated. The study establishes the structure of the model represented by five blocks: prospective-target, theoretical-methodological, content-technological, diagnostic-resultant. The prospective-target block defines the goals and objectives of the research; the theoretical-methodological block provides for a concept, methodological approaches, principles, factors, pedagogical conditions that contribute to the effective formation of the culture of safety of professional activity; content-technological is expressed by a complex of didactic units that include content components, forms, methods and technologies of teaching; the diagnostic-resultant block contains diagnostic tools for the formation of the safety culture of professional activity among future engineers on labor protection. The conclusion is made about the dynamism and balance of the components of the proposed model, aimed at the personal growth of future occupational safety and health engineers and the development of their creative potential, most significantly focused on the prevention of the risks and harm caused by occupational hazards.

Теоретико-методологические основы структурирования содержания формирования культуры безопасности профессиональной деятельности будущих инженеров по охране труда

The article focuses on the need to consider and substantiate the theoretical and methodological foundations of structuring the content of education which include sources and factors affecting the structuring of content, its design criteria, and the selection principles. The criteria and principles of content structuring focused on the formation of students' safety culture of professional activity are highlighted. The author's definition of the concept of "the content of formation of safety culture of professional activity of safety and health engineers" is given.

Формирование культуры безопасности у студентов атомных специальностей в вузах Украины

Формирование культуры безопасности у студентов атомных специальностей в вузах Украины

Human mistake among the causes of production injuries

The article considers the role of the human factor among the causes of the emergence of dangerous situations. The analysis of statistical data on the number of industrial accidents, as well as the accidents with fatal consequences in the period from 2005 to 2017 is conducted. It is established that the level of total injuries is decreasing, but the costs connected with the elimination of the consequences of accidents are increasing. The level of traumatism with fatal consequences has almost not changed in recent years. Our studies have shown that a human factor can be the cause of workplace accidents, but it is also the key to finding out how other aspects of the labour process are influenced by workers' actions. The aim of the work is to evaluate the influence of the human factor during the organization of the labor process, in terms of its importance in the prevention of occupational injuries and the creation of safe working conditions. On the base of well-known models on emergency situation rising, we propose the approaches on which the methods of practical implementation of preventive measures are based. Employees must realize that an important element in increasing the level of safety of production is the formation of safety culture, a positive attitude to safety issues, respect, and active interaction in preventing the implementation of risks in the workplace. Only joint efforts of employers, employees, and public authorities can solve the issue of labor safety at every workplace.

시설보안시스템의 효과적 안전관리를 위한 연구: 재난안전의식을 중심으로

Man-made disasters are disastrous event, which can be reduced the damage through preventive measures and thorough inspections, unlike natural disasters. Thus, safety consciousness of citizens is not only important, but also safety consciousness of security guard who are involved with facility safety management. In other words, safety consciousness and fostering professionalism of security guards could reduce the damage, including human disaster and it enables the effective safety management. Therefore, this study selected the training and the organizational safety as variables with the influencing factors for improving the disaster safety consciousness of facility guard. After the analysis, the following results were confirmed. First, the training content and its environment would have a significant impact on the disaster safety consciousness. Second, organizational safety would have a significant impact on disaster safety consciousness. In other words, the improvement of training program and the formation of safety culture in organizational level will have a positive impact on the disaster safety awareness and enable effective safety management.