Assessing Safety Culture and Safety Climate in Electrical Accidents of Utility Sector and Development of Accident Model

Abstract

A survey was conducted in Electrical utility sector of Kerala in India. The scale for measuring safety culture and safety climate was developed and validated. Safety climate and safety culture was assessed using a five point scale. Three hundred people who are directly exposed to electric safety issues from districts of Kerala are collected. The data was statistically analyzed using reliability analysis, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and model fit indices (MFI). The measured model indicates a good model fit indices. In the study it was found that safety climate and safety culture are correlated to electrical safety issues. The result showed Safety climate is contributing more to accidents compared to safety culture. This result highlights the need to focus more on the safety climate to reduce electrical safety issues compared to safety culture in the utility sector. This result and findings will provide valuable insight to future research in implementing novel methods to ensure a good safety climate and safety culture in the utility sector.