Department of Psychology, Washington State University, 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98686-9600, USA.
Accid Anal Prev. 2010 Sep;42(5):1438-44. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.06.027. Epub 2009 Jul 18.
We examined accident under-reporting with data from 425 employees employed in 5 industries with above average risk for employee injuries. We expected that rates for unreported accidents would be higher than rates for reported accidents; and that organizational safety climate and perceptions of supervisor enforcement of safety policies would moderate the relationship between unreported accidents and reported accidents. Results showed that the number of unreported accidents was significantly higher than the number of reported accidents. There was an average of 2.48 unreported accidents for every accident reported to the organization. Further, under-reporting was higher in working environments with poorer organizational safety climate or where supervisor safety enforcement was inconsistent. We discuss the implications of these findings for improving accident under-reporting and occupational safety in the workplace.
我们从 5 个行业中雇佣的 425 名员工的数据中检查了事故漏报情况。这 5 个行业的员工受伤风险高于平均水平。我们预计，未报告事故的比例将高于报告事故的比例；组织安全氛围和对主管执行安全政策的看法将缓和未报告事故和报告事故之间的关系。结果表明，未报告事故的数量明显高于报告事故的数量。每报告一起组织事故，就有平均 2.48 起未报告事故。此外，在组织安全氛围较差或主管安全执法不一致的工作环境中，漏报的情况更为严重。我们讨论了这些发现对改善工作场所事故漏报和职业安全的意义。
