Performance Implications of Safety Training

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.