TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Personality factors and safety attitudes predict safety behaviour and accidents in elevator workers
JO  - International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics
A1  - Rau, Pei-Luen Patrick
A1  - Liao, Pin-Chao
A1  - Guo, Zhi
A1  - Zheng, Jian
A1  - Jing, Buyun
SP  - 1
EP  - 9
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Elevator accidents happen frequently and cause much loss. Personality factors and safety attitudes have been proved effective in predicting accidents in traffic and workplace. The present study aimed to explore the effect of personality factors and safety attitudes in elevator accidents. A survey was carried out on 383 elevator installers and repairers in China, measuring personalities (conscientiousness, agreeableness, and trait anxiety), safety attitudes, (compliant and proactive) safety behaviours and accidents (occupational injuries). Approximately 60% of the elevator workers had been injured in the past six months. The structural equation model suggested that: Conscientiousness could predict compliant safety behaviour both directly and indirectly through safety attitude, and could predict proactive safety behaviour. Agreeableness could predict compliant safety behaviour. Trait anxiety could predict occupational injuries. Recruiters should choose elevator workers who are conscientious, agreeable, and of low trait anxiety. Safety trainings for elevator workers should focus on culturing their safety attitude.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1080-3548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2018.1493259
ID  - ref1
ER  -