Safety and Fire Engineering, School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi 682022, Kerala, India.
Accid Anal Prev. 2010 Nov;42(6):2082-93. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.06.021. Epub 2010 Jul 27.
Safety management practices not only improve working conditions but also positively influence employees' attitudes and behaviours with regard to safety, thereby reducing accidents in workplace. This study measured employees' perceptions on six safety management practices and self-reported safety knowledge, safety motivation, safety compliance and safety participation by conducting a survey using questionnaire among 1566 employees belonging to eight major accident hazard process industrial units in Kerala, a state in southern part of India. The reliability and unidimesionality of all the scales were found acceptable. Path analysis using AMOS-4 software showed that some of the safety management practices have direct and indirect relations with the safety performance components, namely, safety compliance and safety participation. Safety knowledge and safety motivation were found to be the key mediators in explaining these relationships. Safety training was identified as the most important safety management practice that predicts safety knowledge, safety motivation, safety compliance and safety participation. These findings provide valuable guidance for researchers and practitioners for identifying the mechanisms by which they can improve safety of workplace.
安全管理实践不仅能改善工作条件，还能积极影响员工对安全的态度和行为，从而减少工作场所的事故。本研究通过在印度南部喀拉拉邦的 8 个主要事故危害过程工业单位的 1566 名员工中进行问卷调查，测量了员工对 6 项安全管理实践和自我报告的安全知识、安全动机、安全合规性和安全参与的看法。所有量表的可靠性和单维性均被认为是可接受的。使用 AMOS-4 软件进行的路径分析表明，一些安全管理实践与安全绩效组成部分（即安全合规性和安全参与）之间存在直接和间接关系。安全知识和安全动机被发现是解释这些关系的关键因素。安全培训被确定为最重要的安全管理实践，它可以预测安全知识、安全动机、安全合规性和安全参与。这些发现为研究人员和从业者提供了有价值的指导，以确定他们可以改善工作场所安全的机制。
