Impact Of Safety Climate Research Articles

Association between the safety climate and occupational injury in the Korean working population: a cross-sectional study.

Preventing occupational injuries remains a significant challenge in Korea. A positive safety climate can contribute to reducing workplace injuries. However, the impact of safety climate on preventing occupational injuries among the Korean workforce has not been adequately explored. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between the perceived safety climate and occupational injuries within the Korean working population. This study used baseline data from the Korean Work, Sleep, and Health Study (KWSH). The safety climate was measured using the brief version of the Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire. Occupational injury was determined by whether injuries or accidents had occurred at workplaces in the past year. Logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the association between the safety climate and occupational injury. Participants who reported an unfavorable workplace safety climate were more likely to experience occupational injuries. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that the adjusted odds ratio (OR) for occupational injuries in an unfavorable safety climate was 2.20 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.38-3.51) compared to a favorable safety climate. Specifically, factors such as "not encouraging employees to follow safety rules when on a tight schedule" (OR, 2.02; 95% CI, 1.25-3.24) and "not helping each other work safely" (OR, 1.98; 95% CI, 1.17-3.25) were significantly associated with occupational injuries. An unfavorable safety climate was associated with increased occupational injuries among Korean workers. Improving the safety climate in the workplace may reduce occupational injuries in Korea.

The impact of safety climate on human-technology interaction and sustainable development: Evidence from Indonesian oil and gas industry

This study investigates the intricate dynamics of human-technology interaction in the context of safety within the Indonesian oil and gas industry, specifically focusing on the integration of the internet of things and cyber-physical systems. The aim is to uncover the interplay between safety climate, human-technology interaction, and sustainable development, ultimately providing insights for enhancing safety and sustainability in this critical sector. Through a comprehensive analysis, this research employs a quantitative methods approach, combining survey and interview data with a data analysis using structural equation modeling. It assesses safety climate perceptions among employees, evaluates the impact of human-technology interaction on safety, and explores the moderating effect of safety climate on the relationship between human-technology interaction and sustainable development in Indonesia's upstream oil and gas sector. The study's findings illuminate the utmost importance of cultivating a robust safety culture within Indonesian upstream oil and gas companies. It reveals that negative safety climate can disrupt the positive influence of human-technology interaction on sustainable development, leading to an inverse path coefficient. This research emphasizes continuous safety performance evaluation, comprehensive employee training for effective human-technology interaction, and the seamless integration of sustainable development principles into all operational aspects. This holistic approach underscores the industry's commitment to the well-being of its workforce, the integrity of technological advancements, and its dedication to sustainable practices in an era dominated by human-technology interaction and cyber-physical systems.

Impact of Safety Climate on Construction Workers’ Safety Behavior: Mediating Effect of Self-efficacy

Unsafe behavior is the most cited cause of construction accidents. However, to further reduce accidents unsafe behavior should be taken as effect instead of cause. Among others, unsafe behavior can be driven by the work environment and the systems in place. Safety climate reveals the priority of safety assigned by the work environments and extant research suggests that a sound safety climate is a catalyst for safe behaviors. However, the way in which safety climate influences safety behavior needs to be further explored. After reviewing the literature about safety climate, self-efficacy and safety behavior, this paper introduced self-efficacy as a mediating variable into the effect of safety climate on safety behavior, and hence developed a “safe climateself-efficacysafe behavior” model. To validate the model, a large scale survey with construction workers was conducted. Using 110 valid responses, the model was estimated with the structural equation modeling technique with partial least squares (PLS-SEM). Results showed that self-efficacy plays a mediating role between safety climate and safety behavior. Suggestions were given accordingly.

Impact of Safety Climate on Safety Behaviour in Construction Projects: Mediating Mechanism and Interacting Effect

This study aimed to investigate the impact of safety climate on safety behaviour with the mediating role of safety attitude and mediating role of safety-specific transformational leadership. Data were collected from 294 respondents from different construction projects in Pakistan. The study employed an analytical descriptive approach as its research methodology. The results revealed that safety climate exhibits a significant positive correlation with safety behaviour in projects, as well as with safety attitude. Moreover, the findings demonstrated that safety attitude and safety-specific transformational leadership do not mediate the relationship between safety climate and safety behaviour in projects. In this study, the implications for the project managers and employees as well as future research directions are discussed.

Modeling the impact of safety climate on process safety in a modern process industry: The case of the UAE’s oil-refining industry

This study examines the psychometric properties of process safety and models the relationships between top management commitment to safety (Model 1), top management safety practices (Model 2), and ...

Impact of safety climate on hazard recognition and safety risk perception

Poor hazard recognition and the underestimation of safety risk can lead to catastrophic safety incidents. Unfortunately, past research has demonstrated that a large number of safety hazards remain unrecognized in construction workplaces. Likewise, evidence also suggests that the underestimation of safety risk is a widespread issue in the construction industry. Therefore, to improve safety performance, a proper understanding of workplace factors that affect hazard recognition and safety risk perception is fundamental. To begin achieving this goal, the current study evaluated the effect of safety climate – a validated leading indicator of safety performance – on hazard recognition and safety risk perception levels. This was accomplished by gathering empirical data from over 280 workers employed in 57 construction workplaces in the United States. More specifically, after gathering safety climate data from the participating workers, the workers were engaged in a hazard recognition and safety risk perception activity. The study findings revealed that workers representing workplaces with a more positive safety climate demonstrate higher levels of hazard recognition and safety risk perception. In addition, the effect of safety climate on safety risk perception was mediated by hazard recognition performance. In other words, safety climate affected hazard recognition performance, which in turn affected safety risk perception levels. Apart from the indirect effect of safety climate on safety risk perception through hazard recognition performance, safety climate also affected safety risk perception independently of hazard recognition performance. The findings of the study will be useful to practicing professionals seeking to improve safety performance in the construction industry.

Impact of Safety Climate on Types of Safety Motivation and Performance: Multigroup Invariance Analysis

Safety climate has a significant impact on safety motivation. Most prior studies focused on how motivated employees are in a unidimensional safety motivation scale, but they have overlooked why employees are motivated to work safely. The self-determination theory (SDT) is adopted in the present study to investigate how safety climate factors can predict different types of motivation (i.e., intrinsic, identified, introjected, external), consequently, affecting safety performance. There were a total of 392 respondents from questionnaire surveys that were undertaken in both the Chinese and Malaysian construction industries. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA) and path analysis were performed and achieved an invariance model fit across samples. Safety competence and supportive environment were identified as the most important factors that predict intrinsic and identified motivation in the Chinese sample. On the other hand, safety commitment and safety communication were identified to predict intrinsic motivation in the Malaysian sample. In the Malaysian sample, intrinsic motivation predicted not only safety participation but also safety compliance. This was explained by their “self-leadership,” which exerted responsibility and autonomy to the employee’s own safety. The present study contributes to the body of knowledge by revealing the interplay mechanism of different types of safety motivation (multidimensional) in the relationship between safety climate and safety performance. The application of MGCFA and path analysis advances the existing literature by enabling the identification of safety climate factors that can predict types of safety motivation and safety performance. Moreover, the comparison of results between two countries extends the body of research on safety motivation with a cross-cultural perspective. These findings provide practitioners with a guideline to make a more precise assessment of employees’ types of motivation based on which measures can be taken to improve safety management and safety performance, either in domestic or multicultural work teams.

The Impact of Safety Climate and Fatigue on Safety Performance of Operating Room Nurses

The Impact of Safety Climate and Fatigue on Safety Performance of Operating Room Nurses

The Impact of Safety Climate on Safety Performance in a Gold Mining Company in Ghana

The study investigated the influence of safety climate on safety performance among employees in a multi-national gold mining company in Ghana. Safety climate was conceptualized and measured in terms of employee perceptions of management value for safety, supervisor safety practices, safety communication, safety training and safety system. Safety performance was conceptualized and measured in terms of employee safety compliance and safety participation, that is, how they make suggestions to improve safety in the mining environment. Using a cross-sectional survey design, 235 workers in the mines completed questionnaires on safety climate and safety performance. Pearson correlations and multiple regression analysis of the data indicated positive relationship between safety climate and safety performance as predicted. Safety systems predicted both safety compliance and participation. Safety communication and supervisory practices predicted safety compliance and safety participation respectively. The results are discussed in the framework of the theories of reasoned action and planned behaviour.

The Impact of Safety Climate on Safety Performance in a Gold Mining Company in Ghana

The study investigated the influence of safety climate on safety performance among employees in a multi-national gold mining company in Ghana. Safety climate was conceptualized and measured in terms of employee perceptions of management value for safety, supervisor safety practices, safety communication, safety training and safety system. Safety performance was conceptualized and measured in terms of employee safety compliance and safety participation, that is, how they make suggestions to improve safety in the mining environment. Using a cross-sectional survey design, 235 workers in the mines completed questionnaires on safety climate and safety performance. Pearson correlations and multiple regression analysis of the data indicated positive relationship between safety climate and safety performance as predicted. Safety systems predicted both safety compliance and participation. Safety communication and supervisory practices predicted safety compliance and safety participation respectively. The results are discussed in the framework of the theories of reasoned action and planned behaviour.

The Impact of Safety Climate and Work-Family Conflict on Fatigue: A Survey on Turkish Marine Pilots

The Impact of Safety Climate and Work-Family Conflict on Fatigue: A Survey on Turkish Marine Pilots

Safety climate and injury occurrence of repair, maintenance, minor alteration and addition works

Purpose – The repair, maintenance, minor alteration and addition (RMAA) sector has been expanding in many developed cities. Safety problems of the RMAA sector have attracted the attention of many governments. This study has the objectives of comparing the level of safety climate of workers, supervisors and managers in the RMAA sector; and explaining/predicting the impact of safety climate on injury occurrence of workers, supervisors and managers. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire survey was administered to RMAA contracting companies in Hong Kong. Findings – When comparing the safety climate perception of workers, supervisors and managers in the RMAA sector, the supervisors group had the lowest mean safety climate score. Results showed that a positive workforce safety attitude and acceptance of safety rules and regulations reduced the workers' likelihood of having injuries. A reasonable production schedule led to a lower probability of supervisors being injured. Management commitment and effective safety management reduced the probability of managers being injured. Originality/value – This study revealed variations of safety climate at the different levels in the organizational hierarchy and their varying influence on safety performance of the RMAA sector. Safety of RMAA works could be improved by promulgating specific safety measures at the different hierarchy levels.