SELECTED SAFETY CULTURE/CLIMATE ASSESSMENT TOOLS Many types of survey tools have been used to assess safety culture and climate. There is no “right approach” for all situations. This selection is intended to reflect a variety of approaches that have been used (some with additional adaptations) since 1980. The surveys are arbitrarily listed in order based on the number of questions they use. Also provided are survey names with links, information on known construction use, and factors covered. Some survey developers encourage users to contribute collected data to their databases to further research and benchmarking. Name of tool or survey Known to # of Number and name of included factors questions Author have been (and other notes) used Source used in construction? Institute of Work & Health Utilities, but not 8 Not divided into factors 2011 construction Leading indicator tool developed for Benchmarking Organizational Leading Ontario workplaces Indicators for the Prevention and Management of Injuries and Illnesses: Final Report. Dedobbeleer & Beland 1991 Yes 9 2 -Management commitment A safety climate measure for -Worker involvement construction sites. Journal of Safety Research 22(2): The first published construction-specific safety climate tool. DeArmond et al. Yes 10 2 2011 -Safety compliance Individual safety performance in the -Safety participation construction industry: Development and validation of two short scales. Accident Analysis and Prevention 43 (948–954) Zohar & Luria, 2005 Yes 16 6 3 Organizational Level A Multilevel Model of Safety Climate: -Active practices (monitoring,enforcing) Cross-Level Relationships Between -Proactive practices (promoting learning, Organization and Group-Level development) Climates. -Declarative practices (declaring, informing) Journal of Applied Psychology 2005, Vol. 90, No. 4, 616–628 3 Group Level -Active practices (Monitoring,controlling) -Proactive practices (Instructing, Guiding) -Declarative practices (Declaring, Informing) Parker et al, 2006 No 18 Uses 5 descriptions (text-based rubrics) (oil industry) reflecting level of organizational safety A framework for understanding the culture maturity development of organizational safety
SELECTED SAFETY CULTURE/CLIMATE ASSESSMENT TOOLS Many types of survey tools have been used to assess safety culture and climate. There is no “right approach” for all situations. This selection is intended to reflect a variety of approaches that have been used (some with additional adaptations) since 1980. The surveys are arbitrarily listed in order based on the number of questions they use. Also provided are survey names with links, information on known construction use, and factors covered. Some survey developers encourage users to contribute collected data to their databases to further research and benchmarking. Name of tool or survey Author Source Known to have been used in construction? # of questions used Number and name of included factors (and other notes) Institute of Work & Health 2011 Benchmarking Organizational Leading Indicators for the Prevention and Management of Injuries and Illnesses: Final Report. Utilities, but not construction 8 Not divided into factors Leading indicator tool developed for Ontario workplaces Dedobbeleer & Beland 1991 A safety climate measure for construction sites. Journal of Safety Research 22(2): Yes 9 2 -Management commitment -Worker involvement The first published construction-specific safety climate tool. DeArmond et al. 2011 Individual safety performance in the construction industry: Development and validation of two short scales. Accident Analysis and Prevention 43 (948–954) Yes 10 2 -Safety compliance -Safety participation Zohar & Luria, 2005 A Multilevel Model of Safety Climate: Cross-Level Relationships Between Organization and Group-Level Climates. Journal of Applied Psychology 2005, Vol. 90, No. 4, 616–628 Yes 16 6 3 Organizational Level -Active practices (monitoring,enforcing) -Proactive practices (promoting learning, development) -Declarative practices (declaring, informing) 3 Group Level -Active practices (Monitoring,controlling) -Proactive practices (Instructing, Guiding) -Declarative practices (Declaring, Informing) Parker et al, 2006 A framework for understanding the development of organizational safety No (oil industry) 18 Uses 5 descriptions (text-based rubrics) reflecting level of organizational safety culture maturity
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