State Of Safety Culture Research Articles

Preliminary study on individual radiation dose received by medical staff for dose constraint determination.

The staff of the Radiation Protection Service of a European clinical center measured the radiation dose by type-tested thermoluminescent dosemeter systems to which the medical staff was exposed, to assess the effectiveness of current procedures and equipment for optimalisation prompted by the requirements EU Basic Safety Standard 2013. There were three participating sites, the Site 1 was an external hospital, whereas Sites 2 and 3 are part of the same clinical center, who provided data regarding their personnel, from technologists, nurses and medical doctors. In this preliminary study, only a low number of cases were available and used to establish a new, more realistic yearly dose constraint, namely 6 (from two) mSv for whole-body effective dose, 15 (from two) mSv for eye lens dose and 300 (from 50) mSv for extremity dose. Furthermore, the state of safety culture and protection equipment was assessed. Collection of the sufficient amount of data for statistical evaluation is ongoing.

The Organisational Environment-Behaviour Factor's Towards Safety Culture Development

The environment is an important agent in safety culture development. No empirical research has been conducted among the Malaysian and it is hoped that this study will contribute to the progress. This paper aims to evaluate the influence of environment – behaviour factor's towards safety culture development. Questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews held among Grade G7 contractors ensure the richness of the data collected. The findings revealed a fairly weak internal environment of the organisations, which does not reinforce safe behaviours. Further, interviews among Senior Management, acknowledged their state of safety culture were contributed by the system established.

Safety Cultural Assessment among Management, Supervisory and Worker Groups in a Tar Refinery Plant.

This study investigated the relationship between people's attitudes towards the safety culture and comparing its perceptions among three levels of refinery Personnel: top management, supervisory staff and frontline workers by conducting safety culture survey. A questionnaire comprising general information and 59-safety attitude statement were distributed among 237 workers, 53 supervisors and 12 managers in Isfahan Tar Refinery in Iran. The 10 testable factors, including organizational and management commitment to safety and communication, Rule breaking, Training and competence, Pressure for production and safety, Communication, Personal involvement in health and safety, Accident/Incidents/Near misses, Organizational/management commitment to health and safety, Supervisors/Immediate bosses/Line managers, Health and safety procedures/Instructions/rules, Workforce view on state of safety culture, have high inter-correlations and the three groups of respondents hold quite different attitudes regarding safety culture. These findings can give invaluable indication to the managers to have better understanding of safety culture in this industry.