Safety Management in Manufacturing and its Influence in Injury Rates: Evidences from Spanish National Safety Management Survey (2009)

Abstract

Occupational Safety is a complex issue and several factors are related to accident occurrence. Safety Management Systems have impact in safety performance. In this paper we used data from the National Survey of Safety Management (Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo) to identify management and organizational predictive variables related to injury rates. As an improvement compared to some other previous studies, multivariate models are used. This study shows the importance of safety management and some characteristics of the successful implementation, at least in terms of injury rates, among manufacturing companies in Spain.