TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Safety climate and prediction of ergonomic behavior
JO  - International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics
A1  - Khandan, Mohammad
A1  - Maghsoudipour, Maryam
A1  - Vosoughi, Shahram
A1  - Kavousi, Amir
SP  - 523
EP  - 530
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1080-3548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -