title: Safety culture in high-risk industries.
abstract: This paper addresses the question of whether adopting safety culture improves hazard prevention in enterprises characterized by high primary risk. To answer this question, sample underground coal mines were examined to investigate the basic elements of the safety culture of employees. This paper presents the results of a diagnosis of the basic elements of the safety culture of supervisors (midlevel managers) and blue-collar workers in 3 underground coal mines. The study used 2 techniques: a Likert-type scale and a questionnaire. The results indicate the need to introduce changes in the safety culture of underground coal mine employees. This study also presents the conditions for improvement. Special attention was paid to (a) the conditions for improving safety culture and (b) a programme for modifying risky behaviours.
authors.affiliation: Central Mining Institute, Katowice, Poland. jomartyka@gig.katowice.pl.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martyka
authors.affiliation: Central Mining Institute, Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Kazimierz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lebecki
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control; D001290:Attitude; D003032:Coal Mining / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012449:Safety; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*