Investigation of safety climate dimensions and its determinants in one of the tile industries in the west of Iran 2019

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Unfavorable safety climate can effect performance and health of workers negatively and increase costs of their treatment for employers. Current study was performed with the aim of surveying safety climate and its determinants among workers in one of the industrial in west of country.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 135 people in one of the industries in the west of Iran. Data collection tools were demographics, and contextual and safety climate questionnaire. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Spearman’s correlation-coefficient, Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis test.

Result: The mean and standard deviation of safety climate score was 61.37±11. 8.11% of participants reported unfavorable safety climate, 78.5% moderate and 13.35% favorable. Safety climate had no significant correlation with age, gender, level of education, work experience and marital status (p>0.05). However, the relationship between safety climate and work unit was significant (p=0.034). Safety climate was influenced by each dimension of the work unit (p<0.05).

Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the safety climate is not affected by the demographic characteristics and is more affected by the work environment and the management of the work environment. Regarding the relationship of safety climate and the dimensions of work unit characteristics, the improvement in any of its dimensions can be helpful to improve safety climate.