Safety Climate Perception And Its Contribution For The Prediction Of Actual Work Place Injuries Among Workers Of Kombolcha Textile Factory

Textile industry is characterized by a high existence of many potential hazards that can easilyrninflict occupational injuries among workers. Recent years have witnessed the link between thernconcepts of safety climate with variety of safety outcomes including accidents and injuries .Yet,rnsafety climate measures are rarely addressed in Ethiopia. Therefore, the objective of this studyrnwas to explore the role of employees’ safety climate perception with regard to predictingrnoccurrence occupational injuries. Moreover, the study also examines the difference in safetyrnclimate perception based on demographic factors to aid a greater understanding of the manyrndynamics in predicting injuries among respondents. A cross sectional study design wasrnconducted on 255 employees’ from the three production deportments (spinning, weaving andrnfinishing) of kombolcha textile factory. A pre tested safety climate scale which was originallyrndeveloped by Cox and Cheyne (2000) was employed in order to assess the prevalent safetyrnclimate in the factory. This tool has 43 items within nine dimensions. The prevalence rate ofrninjuries in the factory was 294 per 1000 exposed workers per year. Fingers and hands were thernmost affected body parts. Workers gender, age and length of service duration also appeared asrnsignificant predictors of occupational injuries. Findings from this study show, when all the ninerndimensions of the safety climate tool were considered as independent variable and injuries asrndependent variable, safety climate perception of employees were significant in predictingrnoccupational injuries. The study also showed certain safety climate dimensions were morernsalient in predicting injuries. Finally the study implies, by using safety climate surveys as arnproactive indicator of safety, organizations can modify their safety condition trough interveningrnto certain aspects of safety climate dimensions that are linked with injuries.rnKey words: Employees, demographic factors, Safety Climate Perception, dimension of safetyrnclimate, injury,

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