Organizational Safety Climate Factor Model in the Urban Rail Transport Industry through CFA Analysis

Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) issues in the urban rail transport industry need to be given full attention due to the factors of the instability of declining occupational accident rate, increasing number of passengers each year, and the pressure of technological development; in addition, the d...

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Published in:Sustainability 2021-03, Vol.13 (5), p.2939
Main Authors: Derahim, Norfadillah, Arifin, Kadir, Wan Isa, Wan Mohammad Zaidi, Khairil, Muhammad, Mahfudz, Mahfudz, Ciyo, Muhammad Basir, Ali, Muhammad Nur, Lampe, Ilyas, Samad, Muhammad Ahsan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accident investigations
Climate models
Communication
Factor analysis
Locomotives
Occupational accidents
Occupational safety
Organizational aspects
Perceptions
Railroads
Reliability analysis
Safety training
Support systems
Transportation industry
Urban rail
Workers
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Summary:Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) issues in the urban rail transport industry need to be given full attention due to the factors of the instability of declining occupational accident rate, increasing number of passengers each year, and the pressure of technological development; in addition, the day-to-day operations also involve the public and various interested communities. Organization is one of the factors that influence worker safety and health status. This study aimed to propose a factor model of the organizational safety climate towards a better safety and health status for Malaysian urban rail industry. This quantitative study used a questionnaire randomly distributed to Malaysian rail system workers. A total of 441 workers in the operation and maintenance division were involved in this study. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using IBM SEM-AMOS was conducted to determine the reliability and validity of the observed variables and the latent variables. This study proved that all four dimensions identified as safety communication, safety training, safety support system, and safety value represents the organizational safety climate. Following the analysis, an organizational safety climate model is successfully developed. This factor model aims to be used in the context of rail management studies to measure the safety climate of their organization, thereby improving the safety level of the workers within the organization.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su13052939