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Study of influence of safety engineering and management practices in selected industries in Kerala

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Title Study of influence of safety engineering and management practices in selected industries in Kerala
 
Contributor Bhasi, M
 
Subject Safety Management
Safety Climate
Safety Performance
 
Description In the twentieth century, as technology grew by leaps and bounds, associated hazards
also grew with it. This resulted in collective efforts and thinking in the direction of
controlling work related hazards and accidents. Thus, safety management developed
and became an important part of industrial management. While considerable research
has been reported on the topic of safety management in industries from various parts
of the world, there is scarcity of literature from India. It is logical to think that a clear
understanding of the critical safety management practices and their relationships with
accident rates and management system certifications would help in the development
and implementation of safety management systems.
In the first phase of research, a set of six critical safety management practices has been
identified based on a thorough review of the prescriptive, practitioner, conceptual and
empirical literature . An instrument for measuring the level of practice of these safety
management practices (from the employees' perception) has been developed by
conducting a survey using questionnaire in chemical /process industry. The instrument
has been empirically validated using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) approach.
As the second step, predictive validity of safety management practices and the
relationship between safety management practices and self-reported accident rates and
management system certifications have been investigated using ANOVA. Results of
the ANOVA tests show that there is significant difference in the identified safety
management practices among the organizations . In the next step , the relationship
between safety management practices and the determinants of safety perforn-iance have
been investigated using Multiple Regression Analysis. Similar analysis has been
carried out to investigate the predictive capacity of determinants of safety performance
on components of safety performance. The impacts of personal attributes of
employees, management system certifications and accidents on determinants and
components of safety performance have also been investigated using ANOVA. Results
of the regression tests show that safety training predicts both safety knowledge and
safety motivation, which in turn predict both safety compliance and safety
participation. The inter-relationships between safety management practices,
determinants of safety performance and components of safety performance have been
investigated with the help of structural equation modelling. Further investigations into
engineering and construction industries reveal that safety climate factors are not stable
across industries. However, some factors are found to be common in industries
irrespective of the type of industry.
This study identifies the critical safety
References p.186-205
 
Date 2010-10-26T12:27:12Z
2010-10-26T12:27:12Z
2010-10-26
June 2005
 
Type Ph.D.
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10603/850
 
Language English
 
Rights university
 
Format vi,206p.
CD
 
Publisher Cochin
Cochin University of Science and Technology
School of Engineering
 
Source INFLIBNET