Title :
Safety culture in petrochemical companies in Brazil
Author :
Filho, A. P Goncalves ; Andrade, J.C.S. ; Marinho, M.M.O.
Author_Institution :
Minist. of Labour & Employment, Salvador, Brazil
Abstract :
A framework to measure safety culture maturity in Brazilian petrochemical companies was formulated. A questionnaire was designed to measure 5 aspects of organizational safety indicative of 5 levels of cultural maturity in Brazilian industry. The questionnaire was completed by the safety managers of 23 petrochemical companies based in Camacari, Brazil. The reliability of the questionnaire was tested by asking the same questions in an interview and comparing the results (alternate-forms reliability). The correlation coefficients between the questionnaire and interview scores on each dimension ranged from r= 0.7 - 0.9, demonstrating good reliability of the measures used. The research findings demonstrated that the companies studied showed characteristics of different levels of safety culture. The framework was found to be practical to use, making it possible to identify levels of safety culture maturity in the context of the Brazilian petrochemical industry.
Keywords :
organisational aspects; petrochemicals; safety; Brazil; organizational safety; petrochemical companies; safety culture; Capability maturity model; Chemical industry; Cultural differences; Engineering management; Health and safety; Management training; Occupational safety; Petrochemicals; Product safety; Railway safety; Organisational; safety culture; safety culture maturity model;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2009. IEEM 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4869-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4870-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2009.5373109
