Curtin industrial safety trial: Managerial behavior and program effectiveness

Harper, Andrew C.; Cordery, John; Klerk, Nicholas de; Sevastos, Peter; Geelhoed, Elizabeth; Gunson, Christine; Robinson, Lesley; Sutherland, Michael; Osborn, Derek; Colquhoun, John

doi:10.1016/s0925-7535(96)00077-x

Cited by 27 publications

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“…Scales measuring management commitment are included in the large majority of safety-climate questionnaires (16) justifiably so, because it has emerged in the past as a strong predictor of accident involvement at the individual level. (19,(45)(46)(47) Hofmann et al (47) and Hofmann and Morgeson (48) have framed the concept of management commitment in a social exchange model. They suggested that commitment to safety by management encourages the return of employee loyalty in safe working behavior.…”

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Benchmarking Safety Climate in Hazardous Environments: A Longitudinal, Interorganizational Approach

2001

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Safety climate is an important element of organizational reliability. This study applied benchmarking strategies for monitoring safety climate across nine North Sea oil and gas installations that were surveyed in consecutive years. Examination of absolute changes in safety climate complemented the benchmarking approach. Discriminant function analyses (DFA) identified the elements of safety climate predictive of self-reported accidents; correlational analyses were applied to the scale scores and accident proportions across the year period. Absolute improvements were substantial, with safety climate profiles converging in the second year. Large relative improvements were also observed. DFA highlighted perceived management commitment to safety and willingness to report accidents as significant predictors of personal accident involvement. Changes in perceived management commitment to safety were closely associated with changes in safety behavior.

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Benchmarking Safety Climate in Hazardous Environments: A Longitudinal, Interorganizational Approach

2001

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“…What specific management roles influence the success of behavioral safety processes? (Cooper, 2006;Harper, 1996;Zohar, 2003;Zohar & Luria, 2005) d. What organizational factors promote the maintenance of behavioral safety processes? (Bumstead & Boyce, 2004; 3.…”

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When workplace safety depends on behavior change: Topics for behavioral safety research

Wirth

Sigurðsson

2008

Journal of Safety Research

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“…Other characteristics of organizations with low OIRs include the investigation of accidents, having a good record-keeping system and a reward system, using safety rules and procedures to perform activities in a safe manner, and employing a feedback system on safety management practices. Furthermore, hazard identification, machine guarding, the existence of a safety committee, housekeeping, and the supply of personal protective equipment enhance the safety performance in workplaces (Bentley & Haslam, 2001;Harper et al, 1996;Mearns, Whitaker, & Flin, 2003;Shannon, Mayr, & Haines, 1997;Vinodkumar & Bhasi, 2011). National regulation and management systems also influence the safety performance (Kjell en, 2012).…”

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A study of the effect of OHSAS 18001 on the occupational injury rate in Iran

Ghahramani

Summala

2015

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

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The occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) has been a widely used approach for managing occupational health and safety more effectively worldwide. Despite the interest of organizations in implementing OHSMS in recent decades, few studies have examined the effectiveness of these interventions. This study presents an empirical investigation of the effect of occupational health and safety assessment series (OHSAS) 18001 as a worldwide-accepted OHSMS on the occupational injury rate (OIR) in Iran. This study was carried out in six companies: three OHSAS 18001-certified, and three non-certified, including 998 occupational injuries for 15,842 person-months. A before-after analysis showed a positive safety performance change in one out of the three certified companies. For all 66 study years in the six companies, a negative binomial regression did not indicate a lower occupational injury during the certified years and a repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) did not confirm the effect of certification. The results of this study indicated that the implementation of OHSAS 18001 is not a guarantee of improved safety.

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Curtin industrial safety trial: Managerial behavior and program effectiveness

Cited by 27 publications

References 8 publications

Benchmarking Safety Climate in Hazardous Environments: A Longitudinal, Interorganizational Approach

Benchmarking Safety Climate in Hazardous Environments: A Longitudinal, Interorganizational Approach

When workplace safety depends on behavior change: Topics for behavioral safety research

A study of the effect of OHSAS 18001 on the occupational injury rate in Iran

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