Safety Climate Survey in Iran's Uranium Mines in 2013
Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat (Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention),
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2014),
22 Dey 2014
,
Page 148-154
https://doi.org/10.22037/meipm.v2i3.7729
Abstract
Background and Objective: Working in uranium mines is arduous. Attitude and culture are among the root causes of unsafe behaviors that can lead to accidents. Safety climate which is considered as an appearance shape of safety expresses employees shared perceptions toward safety. The aim of this study was to survey the safety climate in Iran's uranium mines.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional Descriptive analytical was conducted among the 550 employees staff in two ground and underground uranium mines that have at least one year Work Experience in 2012. For gathering demographic information (age, education, experience and working group) and for surveying safety climate factors the 11 factors safety climate assessment questionnaire was used. Thesss data was transferred to SPSSv16 After data gathering and was analyzed whit t test and one way ANOVA
Results: Safety climate score in underground and ground mines was obtained 5.99 and 6.02 respectively and Knowledge of safety regulations (6.75) and management commitment (4.98) factors was identified as the strongest and weakest factors respectively. There was no significant relationship between safety climate factors and demographic information (P>0.05) whereas there was significant relationship between safety climate factors (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Due to low safety climate score, measures to improve safety climate in this mines Should be done to don’t occur more and more intense accident in the future.
How to cite this article: Jafari MJ, Sadighzadeh A, Sarsangi V, Zaeri F, Yegani F. Safety Climate Survey in Iran's Uranium Mines in 2013. Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat (Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention).2014; 2(3):148-154.
- Safety climate
- uranium mine
- safety climate assessment questionnaire
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