Safety Climate and Occupational Injuries in the Iron and Steel Industries in Tanzania.

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Pub Date : 2025-08-31 DOI:10.3390/ijerph22091372

Saumu Shabani, Bente Elisabeth Moen, Teferi Abegaz, Simon Henry Mamuya

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The iron and steel industries globally have a high prevalence of occupational injuries, which need to be reduced. Obtaining safety climate information from workers assists in understanding the safety status at the workplace. This study aimed to assess the safety climate in the iron and steel industries and its association with occupational injuries. A cross-sectional study was conducted in four iron and steel industrial sites in Tanzania. Three hundred and twenty-one workers from the production lines and 50 managers/supervisors participated. The data were collected by interviews using the Kiswahili version of the Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire (NOSACQ-50) and the modified International Labor Organization (ILO) manual on methods for occupational injuries. The managers/supervisors scored higher than the workers in five of the NOSACQ-50 dimensions. Most workers with low scores on safety climate had experienced occupational injuries. Analyses of the workers who had been injured at work showed that the dimensions 'management safety priority and ability', and 'management safety justice' were significant predictors of occupational injuries in the iron and steel industries, when adjusting for working years and working hours per day. This indicates that safety climate is a predictor of occupational injuries, and it is important to improve the safety priorities and commitments among the employees.

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坦桑尼亚钢铁工业的安全气候和职业伤害。

全球钢铁工业的职业伤害发生率很高，需要加以减少。从工人那里获得安全气候信息有助于了解工作场所的安全状况。本研究旨在评估钢铁工业的安全气候及其与职业伤害的关系。在坦桑尼亚的四个钢铁工业地点进行了一项横断面研究。321名生产线工人和50名经理/主管参加了此次活动。数据是通过访谈收集的，使用斯瓦希里语版的北欧安全气候问卷（NOSACQ-50）和经修订的国际劳工组织（ILO）职业伤害方法手册。在NOSACQ-50的五个维度中，经理/主管的得分高于工人。安全气候得分低的工人大多经历过职业伤害。对工伤工人的分析表明，在调整工作年限和每天工作时间后，“管理安全优先级和能力”维度和“管理安全公正”维度是钢铁行业职业伤害的显著预测因子。这表明安全气候是职业伤害的预测因子，对提高员工的安全优先级和承诺具有重要意义。

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