Performance Implications of Safety Training

Sari Tappura; Aki Jääskeläinen; Julius Pirhonen

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-80288-2_36

Performance Implications of Safety Training

Sari Tappura, Aki Jääskeläinen, Julius Pirhonen

Industrial Engineering and Management

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Abstract

Safety management practices aim to improve working conditions and safety performance. Safety training can positively affect employees’ safety knowledge, safety motivation, safety compliance and safety participation, which are the main factors of safety performance. Several models for evaluating safety training effectiveness have been suggested. The aim of this paper is to study how employees’ safety performance can improve after safety training intervention. The effects on safety performance were studied in two units of a case company based on a questionnaire and selected indicators. A descriptive analysis was performed with the data gathered. Based on the survey (n = 45), some improvements in safety knowledge, attitudes, behavior and safety performance can be found. Indicator data also show a positive trend during the studied period. The amount of preventive actions has increased, and the number of injuries has decreased. This study contributes to the current knowledge on evaluating the performance implications of safety training.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Safety Management and Human Performance
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Safety Management and Human Factors, and Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance, July 25-29, 2021, USA
Editors	Pedro M. Arezes, Ronald L. Boring
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	295-301
Number of pages	7
Volume	262
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-80288-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-80287-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80288-2_36
Publication status	Published - 4 Jul 2021
Publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics - Virtual, United States Duration: 25 Jul 2021 → 29 Jul 2021 Conference number: 12 http://2021.ahfe.org/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Publisher	Springer Nature
Volume	262
ISSN (Print)	2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-3370

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics
Abbreviated title	AHFE 2021
Country/Territory	United States
Period	25/07/21 → 29/07/21
Internet address	http://2021.ahfe.org/

Keywords

Occupational safety and health
Safety training
Safety performance
performance measurement

Publication forum classification

Publication forum level 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Business, Management and Accounting(all)

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Performance Implications of Safety Training
Sari Tappura (Speaker)
28 Jul 2021
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Tappura, S., Jääskeläinen, A., & Pirhonen, J. (2021). Performance Implications of Safety Training. In P. M. Arezes, & R. L. Boring (Eds.), Advances in Safety Management and Human Performance: Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Safety Management and Human Factors, and Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance, July 25-29, 2021, USA (Vol. 262, pp. 295-301). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 262). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80288-2_36

Tappura, Sari ; Jääskeläinen, Aki ; Pirhonen, Julius. / Performance Implications of Safety Training. Advances in Safety Management and Human Performance: Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Safety Management and Human Factors, and Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance, July 25-29, 2021, USA. editor / Pedro M. Arezes ; Ronald L. Boring. Vol. 262 Cham : Springer, 2021. pp. 295-301 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems).

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Tappura, S , Jääskeläinen, A & Pirhonen, J 2021, Performance Implications of Safety Training. in PM Arezes & RL Boring (eds), Advances in Safety Management and Human Performance: Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Safety Management and Human Factors, and Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance, July 25-29, 2021, USA. vol. 262, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 262, Springer, Cham, pp. 295-301, International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, United States, 25/07/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80288-2_36

Performance Implications of Safety Training. / Tappura, Sari ; Jääskeläinen, Aki; Pirhonen, Julius.

Advances in Safety Management and Human Performance: Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Safety Management and Human Factors, and Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance, July 25-29, 2021, USA. ed. / Pedro M. Arezes; Ronald L. Boring. Vol. 262 Cham : Springer, 2021. p. 295-301 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 262).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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Tappura S , Jääskeläinen A, Pirhonen J. Performance Implications of Safety Training. In Arezes PM, Boring RL, editors, Advances in Safety Management and Human Performance: Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Safety Management and Human Factors, and Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance, July 25-29, 2021, USA. Vol. 262. Cham: Springer. 2021. p. 295-301. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80288-2_36

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