scholarly journals CAN OTHER DISCIPLINES SUPPORT OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY EFFORTS? IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY CULTURE: A STUDY ON A COAL MINE INSTITUTION

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Burcu Akdeniz ◽  
Ceren Giderler ◽  
N. Derya Ergun Özler
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-200
Author(s):  
Zeynep F. Olcay ◽  
Sertaç Temur ◽  
Ahmet E. Sakalli

The safety culture plays an important role in reducing deaths and injuries in many sectors and educational institutions in developing countries. In this study, it was aimed to determine the occupational health and safety (OHS) course, which is taught as a compulsory course in Istanbul Aydın University before taking the course at the beginning of the term and after taking the course at the end of the term, the difference in occupational safety knowledge level and the level of perception of occupational safety culture. A total of 281 questionnaires were deemed valid. For the research, two different surveys were used to measure. Considering the results, there are positive differences in the knowledge level of the students before and after taking the OHS lesson. It has been determined that the safety culture does not change according to demographic information. OHS should be taught to every student in the universities.   Keywords: Occupational health and safety, Occupational safety education, Occupational health and safety lesson, Safety culture


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafidz Yuwandinata Vieri

The project is a set of activities intended to achieve certain final results that are quite important for the interests of management. One of these projects includes construction projects. The process of building construction projects in general is an activity that contains many elements of danger. One focus of the contracting company is to create good Occupational Health and Safety (K3) conditions in the project. While the Occupational Health and Safety culture plays a very important role in shaping employee behavior towards Occupational Health and Safety. This research was conducted to identify and analyze what factors influence the culture of Occupational Health and Safety, especially in construction projects, as well as analyzing the influence of factors work safety and health culture on construction project performance. The research method used is descriptive qualitative method so that data can be searched as much as possible and explained descriptively. The results of the research show that the influence of Occupational Health and Safety culture is very important on the performance of construction project worker. That is because with a culture of Occupational Health and Safety will have a good impact on workers, like workers will feel safe and comfortable and it will make the work done more efficiently and increase productivity


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