Safety climate at agricultural cooperatives |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University, United States;2. Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, United States;1. Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Safety Program Development Branch, Research and Evaluation Office, Toronto, Canada;2. The University of New South Wales, School of Population Health, Sydney, Australia;3. The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia;4. Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada;1. Spectrum Health/Michigan State University General Surgery Residency, Grand Rapids, MI, United States;2. Spectrum Health/Michigan State University Plastic Surgery Residency, Grand Rapids, MI, United States;3. Department of Surgery, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States;4. Trauma Research Institute, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Spectrum Health Hospital, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, United States;5. Division of Surgical Oncology, Spectrum Health Hospital, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, United States;6. Division of Acute Care Surgery, Spectrum Health Hospital, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, United States;7. Trauma Research Institute, Division of Acute Care Surgery, Spectrum Health Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, United States;1. Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, 1741 Museum Road, PO Box 110570, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA;2. National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute 1000 N. Oak Ave., Marshfield, WI 54449, USA;3. Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA;1. Health Promotion and Education, School of Human Services, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, United States;2. Center for Prevention Science, Cincinnati, OH 45221, United States;1. Adolescent Risk Research Unit (ARRU), Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience – Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Australia;2. School of Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Australia;3. Consortium of Adolescent Road Safety (cadrosa.org), Australia;4. Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q), Australia |
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| Abstract: | Introduction: This study identifies determinants of safety climate at agricultural cooperatives. Methods: An extensive survey was designed to build upon past research done in collaboration with DuPont (Risch et al., 2014). In 2014 and 2015, the survey was administered to 1930 employees at 14 different agricultural cooperatives with 154 locations. Injury incidence data were also collected from each location to better understand the overall health and safety environment in this sector. An ordered probit model is used to identify variables that are associated with better safety climates. Results: Safety system components such as discipline programs, inspection programs, modified duty programs, off-the-job safety training programs, and recognition programs are positively related to individual safety climate for both managerial employees and nonmanagerial employees. Variables representing an employee’s agricultural background, distance between their workplace and childhood home, and formal education are not associated with managerial safety climate. However, agricultural background and childhood home distance are associated with nonmanagerial safety climate. Conclusions: Improving occupational health and safety is a priority for many agricultural cooperatives. Lower safety climate emerges as nonmanagerial employees have more experience with production agriculture and work nearer to their home community. Practical applications: Employees of agricultural cooperatives face a host of health and safety challenges that are likely to persist into the future. The safety system components associated with safety climate indicate that continuous feedback is important for improving occupational health and safety. Occupational health and safety programming should also acknowledge that many employees have experiences that influence their attitudes and behaviors. |
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| Keywords: | Agriculture Occupational health Safety climate Safety culture Safety outcomes |
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