The Safety Climate Assessment Tool (S-CAT): A rubric-based approach to measuring construction safety climate

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 43-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tahira M. Probst ◽  
Linda M. Goldenhar ◽  
Jesse L. Byrd ◽  
Eileen Betit
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Construction Safety ◽  
Climate Assessment

scholarly journals A NEW SAFETY CLIMATE ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR GULF CONSTRUCTION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Umar ◽  
◽  
N. Umeokafor ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Gulf Cooperation Council ◽  
Climate Assessment ◽  
Construction Organizations ◽  
Management Commitment ◽  
Industry Professionals

One of the methods which could improve the safety performance of construction organizations is the safety climate approach which is helpful to know the existing maturity level of the safety climate and to develop plans to achieve the required level of maturity. Most of the existing safety climate tools were developed considering different industries in developed countries while construction was based only on few tools. Construction projects in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries are at a peak. This article, therefore, attempts to develop a safety climate assessment tool for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) construction industry. A mixed research method consisting of a systematic review (N = 32), structured questionnaire (N = 102) and email interview (N = 19) was adopted in this research. A new assessment tool that has seven factors including (i) Aligning and Integrating Safety As Value (ii) Training At All Level (iii) Improving Site Safety Leadership (iv) Management Commitment (v) Empowering And Involving Workers (vi) Ensuring Accountability At All Level and (vii) Improving Communication has been finally developed. Each factor is supported by a number of simple questions that the participants have to answer on a Likert scale of 1 to 5 is finally developed. Although, the newly developed tool is validated through email interviews held with the construction industry professionals, however, longitudinal studies are recommended to gauge to the effectiveness of the tool.

Safety climate and related factors in rehabilitation nurses of hospitals in Iran

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Javad vatani ◽  
Zahra Khanikosarkhizi ◽  
Mohammad Ali Shahabi Rabori ◽  
mohammad khandan ◽  
Mohsen aminizadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Climate Assessment ◽  
Safety Work ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
The Individual

BACKGROUND: Safety climate is a common insight of staff that indicates individuals’ attitudes toward safety and priority of safety at work. OBJECTIVES: Nursing is a risky job where paying attention to safety is crucial. The assessment of the safety climate is one of the methods to measure the safety conditions in this occupation. The aim of this study was to assess the safety climate of rehabilitation nurses working in hospitals in Tehran. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study which was carried out on 140 rehabilitation nurses selected from all hospitals and clinics in Tehran in 2019. To collect the required data, a two-section questionnaire was used. The first section was related to demographic factors and the second part (22 statements) was to measure the safety climate using nurses’ safety climate assessment questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS V16 using independent t-test, ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U test at the 5% level. RESULTS: Findings showed that the total mean of safety climate was 3.06±0.56. According to the results, a significant difference was found between the positive and negative satisfaction of nurses with safety climates (P-value = 0.03), communication with nurses (P-value = 0.01) and supervisors’ attitude (P-value = 0.02). Furthermore, a significant difference in safety climate between the individual with the second job and the individual without second could be observed (P-value = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The results indicated that the safety climate was not at an acceptable level. Thus, it is essential to introduce safety training courses (e.g. safety, work-rest balance, and so on) and to improve the safety performance at work.

Classroom Climate Assessment Tool

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen S. Leff ◽  
Duane E. Thomas ◽  
Edward S. Shapiro ◽  
Brooke Paskewich ◽  
Kim Wilson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Climate ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Climate Assessment

scholarly journals NOSACQ-50 for Safety Climate Assessment in Agricultural Activities: A Case Study in Central Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 9177
Author(s):  
Mario Fargnoli ◽  
Mara Lombardi
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Climate Assessment ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Systems ◽  
Sectional Analysis

Safety climate assessment has been recognized as a powerful tool to bring to light workers’ perceptions related to safety practices, attitudes and behaviors at the workplace. Accordingly, its investigation can provide useful information about safety problems within a company before accidents occur. In literature, numerous studies can be found investigating safety climates in different types of industry. However, safety climate assessment in agricultural activities is addressed scarcely, even though agriculture represents a very hazardous sector. To reduce this gap, the present study proposes an investigation of safety climate among farmers by means of the Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire (NOSACQ-50). The results of the survey brought to light a low level of safety perception of the interviewed sample, especially as concerns safety commitment and risk-taking attitudes. In particular, a different attitude toward safety issues has been registered depending on both the position and gender of the interviewed farmers. Overall, the output of this cross-sectional analysis adds to the current literature by expanding knowledge of safety climate among farmers, representing a baseline for further investigations based on human-centered approaches to enhance safety in agriculture and consequently social and workplace aspects of sustainable agricultural systems.

Development of a climate assessment tool for hybrid air conditioner

2014 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 371-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Guan ◽  
Michael Bennett ◽  
John Bell
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Air Conditioner ◽  
Climate Assessment

scholarly journals The Shelf Life of a Safety Climate Assessment: How Long Until the Relationship with Safety–Critical Incidents Expires?

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mindy E. Bergman ◽  
Stephanie C. Payne ◽  
Aaron B. Taylor ◽  
Jeremy M. Beus
Keyword(s):  
Shelf Life ◽  
Critical Incidents ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Safety Critical ◽  
Climate Assessment ◽  
The Relationship

The Impact of Social Capital on Construction Safety Climate

2015 ◽  
Vol 719-720 ◽  
pp. 1251-1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu Quan Li ◽  
Xiu Yu Wu ◽  
Yue Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Construction Safety ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Structural Dimension ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Cognitive Dimension ◽  
Construction Enterprises ◽  
The Impact

The importance of safety climate on safety performance in construction has been highly acknowledged, and the definitions and elements of safety climate have been widely discussed over the years. However, researches about how to improve constructions safety climate have been less focused. The aim of this study was to find the impact of social capital on safety climate. A questionnaire of social capital and safety climate was conducted by 316 employees from 45 construction sites, and an empirical analysis was made by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and structural model theory (SEM). The results showed that: the cognitive dimension and relational dimension of social capital are significantly positive correlation to safety climate, while the structural dimension is not significant. The findings of this study provide useful information to improve safety climate for construction enterprises.

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