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Document ID (ISN)110746
CIS number 10-0304
ISSN - Serial title 0925-7535 - Safety Science
Year 2010
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Pinto Goncalves Filho A., Celio Silveira Andrade J., de Oliveira Marinho M.M.
Title A safety culture maturity model for petrochemical companies in Brazil
Bibliographic information June 2010, Vol.48, No.5, p.615-624. Illus. 47 ref.
Abstract A framework to measure safety culture maturity in the Brazilian oil and gas companies was formulated based on the model of Hudson. Following a review of the safety culture literature, a questionnaire was designed to measure five aspects of organisational safety indicative of five levels of cultural maturity. The questionnaire was completed by the safety managers of 23 petrochemical companies based in Camacari, Brazil, who were interviewed one month later. The reliability of the questionnaire was tested by asking the same questions in the interview and comparing the answers. The correlation coefficients between the questionnaire and interview scores demonstrated good reliability. The model of Hudson and the revised framework and questionnaire were found to be practical to use, making it possible to identify levels of safety culture maturity in the context of the Brazilian petrochemical industry.
Descriptors (primary) Brazil; safety consciousness; safety officers; petrochemical industry
Descriptors (secondary) questionnaire survey; reliability; literature survey
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Chemicals, plastics and rubber
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) Petrochemical industry