SECURITY CLIMATE AND SECURITY CULTURAL ROLE ON WORKPLACE INJURIES

Year 2017, ICMEB17 Özel Sayısı, 912 - 919, 01.12.2017

Himmet Karadal Ethem Merdan

Abstract

The concept of security, the consequences of accidents at the workplace, will continue to be important due to material and spiritual losses. Businesses are negligent, imprudent, lack of education, ignorance, inexperience, etc. they are constantly encountering this issue. The purpose of this study is to improve relations between security climate and safety culture and workplace injuries. Employees in the casting sector of Kırıkkale and Kırşehir include the scope and limits of the work. The data was collected by a fully structured interview questionnaire and reached 283 people. Relationships between the variables were tested by t-test, Anova test, correlation and regression analysis. As a result of the study, safety climate and safety cultures were found to affect workplace injuries. The findings were interpreted and some suggestions were made to the sector and employees

Keywords

Safety, Safety Climate, Safety Culture, Workplace Injuries, Casting Industry

İŞYERİ YARALANMALARI ÜZERİNDE GÜVENLİK İKLİMİ VE GÜVENLİK KÜLTÜRÜNÜN ROLÜ

Abstract

Güvenlik kavramı, iş yerlerinde yaşanan kazalar sonucu oluşan maddi ve manevi kayıplar sebebiyle sürekli önemini korumaktadır. İşletmeler ihmal, tedbirsizlik, eğitim yetersizliği, bilgisizlik, tecrübesizlik vb. sebeplerle bu konuyla sürekli karşılaşmaktadırlar. Bu çalışmada amaç, güvenlik iklimi ve güvenlik kültürü ile işyeri yaralanmaları arasındaki ilişkileri tespit etmektir. Çalışmanın kapsamı ve sınırlarını Kırıkkale ve Kırşehir illerindeki Döküm sanayinde çalışanlar oluşturmaktadır. Veriler tam yapılandırılmış görüşme anket ile toplanmış ve 283 kişiye ulaşılmıştır. Söz konusu değişkenler arasındaki ilişkiler t-Testi, Anova Testi, Korelasyon ve Regresyon analizi ile test edilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonucunda güvenlik iklimi ve güvenlik kültürünün işyeri yaralanmalarını etkilediği tespit edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular yorumlanmış, sektöre ve çalışanlara bazı önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Keywords

Güvenlik, Güvenlik İklimi, Güvenlik Kültürü, İşyeri Yaralanmaları, Döküm Sektörü

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