Ep.52 What is the relationship between safety climate and injuries?

We frame our conversation around the paper, Safety Climate and Injuries: An Examination of Theoretical and Empirical Relationships. 

Tune in to hear us talk about retrospective studies, the perception of safety vs. actual safety, and the influence of injuries on safety climate.

Topics:

• Retrospective studies.
• Organizational and psychological safety climates.
• Perception of safety and actual safety.
• Designing research to answer your question.
• Influence of injuries on safety climate.
• Contamination.
• Practical takeaways

Quotes:

“People who say that they think their company cares about safety, those people generally are safer.”

“Most safety climate research assumes that safety climate is a good measure, because it is a predictor of injuries.” 

“Not enough of these studies measure the strength of climate.”

Resources:

Safety Climate and Injuries: An Examination of Theoretical and Empirical Relationships

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