Safety climate

Safety climate refers to the sum of employees’ perceptions of overall safety in their organization at a particular moment in time. The level of safety climate within an organization is largely dependent on two dimensions: the apparent significance of safety to job behavior and the noticeable attitude towards safety by management. It has been supported that safety climate can be considered a trait of industrial organizations and is related to the level of safety within an organization. It has also been concluded that positive attitudes by management are a requirement if any attempted improvements in safety within an organization are to be successful.