title: Safety climate and prediction of ergonomic behavior.
abstract: One of the most important ways to prevent accidents is to consider safety climate or culture. Moreover, some studies suggest that behavior contributes to 86%-96% of all injuries. This cross-sectional study took place in an Iranian petrochemical company in 2010. Vinodkumar and Bhasi's safety climate questionnaire and an ergonomic behavior sampling checklist were the data collection tools. Cronbach's α for questionnaire reliability was .928. With reference to the results of a pilot study, a sample of 1755 was determined for behavior sampling. We used principal component analysis (PCA) to derive the coefficient of paths in the path model and the Anderson-Rabin method to calculate factor scores. The results showed that safety climate was an effective predictor of ergonomic behavior (p < .01). They also showed the importance of decreasing the number of workers with negative safety climate. Moreover, it is necessary to promote workers' ergonomic behaviors in the workplace.
authors: Department of Ergonomics, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. khandan.mo@gmail.com.
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Khandan
authors: Maryam
authors: M
authors: Maghsoudipour
authors: Shahram
authors: S
authors: Vosoughi
authors: Amir
authors: A
authors: Kavousi
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000328:Adult; D002617:Chemical Industry; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D017751:Safety Management; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires