The Safety Culture Assessment of Polarizer industry

• Main Authors: Yu-Tang Lin, 林玉堂
• Other Authors: Hua-Shan Tai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/26168583107967512621

碩士 === 國立高雄第一科技大學 === 環境與安全衛生工程研究所 === 99 === The target group consisted of employees in the Polarizer Industry. According to documents from the Development of Safety Culture, the assessment scale include 11 dimensions categories. The questionnaire include 98 questions, with answers that were measured on a five-point Likert scale. 360 copies of the questionnaire were distributed and 321 effective samples (92.5%) were retrieved returned from the target group. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 17.0 statistical software. The results of the research showed on the radar map, indicates the present situation of the whole safety culture. The whole safety culture dimension is getting to 75.9 percent. Other categories’ percentages are shown below: Official rank - The managers’ percentage is at 82.2%. The staff’s percentage is at 74.6%. It shows that the managers’ knowledge of the safety culture is higher than the staff’s. The result has been tested by a T-test and ANOVA analysis - understanding the background of the polarizer industry is a variable in the knowledge of safety culture. Sex distinction - According to the result, there are no gender differences in polarizer industries. Age - Employees between 41 and 45 have more safety culture knowledge than the others. Level of education - Employees who have graduated from a university had more knowledge of safety culture than those who only graduated from college or high school. Service period – Staff that have been working for 3 years and less than 5 years, had better knowledge of safety culture than the others. Occupational hazard experience – Individuals who didn’t have occupational hazard experience has better knowledge of safety culture than those who had occupational hazard experience before. The variables of "Age", "Level of Education" and "Service Period" have apparently affected the safety culture positively. The variables of "Type of Services", "Official Rank" have affected the safety culture negatively. According to this result, creating a normal scale of polarizer industries’ safety culture might be a tool to supply to the polarizer industries. The polarizer industries can diagnosis or improve themselves by using the normal safety culture scale. Staff need to commit to follow managers’ safety examples in the business. But at the moment, to enhance safety security is the main point, and to improve the rewards and fines so that staff can have the knowledge and make the quality of safety culture higher. Further, to create a healthy and safe working environment for the employees. Staff morale and to develop an excellent reputation and increasing market advantage.