Evaluation of Safety Climate Factors-a Macroergonomics Approach: A Case Study in Iran

Objectives: The objective of this study is to evaluate the safety climate as an important part of macroergonomics domains and to determine the importance of each safety climate factor in an Iranian company. Methods: For data gathering, the researchers used Macroergonomic Organizational Questionnaire Survey (MOQS) method. For conducting this method we applied safety climate questionnaire which has been presented by Vinodkumar et al. After distribution of questionnaires through our samples with accuracy of ۵% and confidence level of ۹۵% and gathering the questionnaires, data were analyzed using SPSS V.۱۶ software and Entropy. Results: The number of returned valid questionnaires was ۱۳۴ out of ۱۵۱ and response rate was ۸۸.۷۴%. Questionnaire’s reliability which assessed by Cronbach’s Alpha was ۰.۹۲۸. The results indicated that mean of safety climate score was ۱۵۴.۸۴ and ۶۸.۷% of workers had positive safety attitudes. In addition, we found a significant relationship between ages on safety climate (P<۰.۰۵). The highest and lowest weights, which are obtained by entropy, belong to safeness of work environment and emergency preparedness in the organization with weights of ۰.۱۹۷ and ۰.۱۴۴ respectively. Discussion: Considering catastrophic consequences of accidents in petrochemical industry, the results show the importance of attention to safety principles and to develop a positive employee attitudes related to safety.

کلیدواژه ها:

Safety climate ، Safety of work environment ، Emergency preparedness ، Entropy