Affiliations: [a] Department of Environmental Engineering, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Teheran, Iran
| [b] Department of Occupational Health and Safety, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
| [c] Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
| [d] Department of Health Safety and Environmental, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Address for correspondence: Ghazaleh Monazami Tehrani, Assistant professor, Department of Health Safety and Environmental, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: BACKGROUND:As cement industries have remarkably affected the economy of producer’s countries, one of the main concerns of these industries is to prevent accidents and related costs. OBJECTIVE:The present study investigates the relationship between the safety climate and safety performance with the moderating role of safety knowledge and the mediating role of safety motivation in the cement industry. METHODS:Data were collected from 230 Iranian employees of the cement industry using a safety climate and performance questionnaire. The relationships between variables and analysis of the collected data were tested using structural equation modeling. RESULTS:The results indicated that the safety climate had a positive effect on safety performance in the cement industry. Moreover, management’s commitment to safety was positively or negatively related to the social support and production pressure. There was either a positive and negative relationship between social support and production pressure of safety knowledge and safety motivation, respectively. CONCLUSION:The integrative model suggested that it was important to promote the safety knowledge at all organizational levels to develop spontaneous activities and raise safety in the intended organization.
Keywords: Safety knowledge, safety behaviors, management’s commitment, safety motivation, social support
