Nosacq-50 for Safety Climate Assessment in Agricultural Activities

A Case Study in Central Italy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15514904
AutoresMario Fargnoli (0000-0002-3007-089X, Sapienza University of Rome, autor de correspondencia), Mara Lombardi (0000-0002-4884-6318, Sapienza University of Rome)
Año2020
Volumen17
Número24
Páginas9177-9177
Fecha de publicación2020-12-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17249177
PMID33302581
OpenAlexW3112248755
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas83

Safety climate assessment has been recognized as a powerful tool to bring to light workers' perceptions related to safety practices, attitudes and behaviors at the workplace. Accordingly, its investigation can provide useful information about safety problems within a company before accidents occur. In literature, numerous studies can be found investigating safety climates in different types of industry. However, safety climate assessment in agricultural activities is addressed scarcely, even though agriculture represents a very hazardous sector. To reduce this gap, the present study proposes an investigation of safety climate among farmers by means of the Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire (NOSACQ-50). The results of the survey brought to light a low level of safety perception of the interviewed sample, especially as concerns safety commitment and risk-taking attitudes. In particular, a different attitude toward safety issues has been registered depending on both the position and gender of the interviewed farmers. Overall, the output of this cross-sectional analysis adds to the current literature by expanding knowledge of safety climate among farmers, representing a baseline for further investigations based on human-centered approaches to enhance safety in agriculture and consequently social and workplace aspects of sustainable agricultural systems

Agriculture · Business · Climate change · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Occupational safety and health · Perception · Political science · Position (finance · Safety climate · Sample (material · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Environmental Science · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Risk and Safety Analysis