Document Type
Research Paper
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
Safety is becoming more and more an issue in warehouses. In the literature, effective measures leading to increased occupational health and safety have hardly been researched. Most research focuses on the impact of perceived safety-related leadership of managers and worker safety consciousness on ‘safety climate’ and workers’ safe behavior. We have carried out exploratory research into which measures really improve the safety performance of a warehouse. We particularly focus on the effects of (1) safety-related work procedures, (2) safety leadership, and (3) workers’ safety consciousness. Based on a survey we show that safety leadership and safety-related work procedures significantly drive worker safety consciousness, which in turn positively impacts safety performance.
Publication Title
Progress in Material Handling Research: 2010
ISBN
9781882780167
Recommended Citation
De Koster, Rene B. M.; Balk, B. M.; Davelaar, I; and Martens, M., "Accidents Will Happen. Do Safety Systems Improve Warehouse Safety Performance?" (2010). 11th IMHRC Proceedings (Milwaukee, Wisconsin. USA – 2010). 7.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/pmhr_2010/7
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Industrial Engineering Commons, Operational Research Commons, Operations and Supply Chain Management Commons
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