Direct participation of workers in accident prevention - Phase 2: Organizational and psycho-social processes favouring certain accident-prevention behaviours among workers

Abstract

This research project was undertaken to identify the organisational, psychological and social factors favouring workers' participation in complying with laws and regulations and improving health and safety, and their support for health and safety committees. Interviews were conducted of and questionnaires completed by 1,375 managers, supervisors, union representatives and workers in 9 companies of various sizes in various industrial sectors. The results indicate that variations in worker participation are due to factors related to both the nature of work (hazardousness, complexity, autonomy) and the climate in which it is performed (hierarchy, relationship with colleagues). Several approaches to stimulating worker participation in health and safety activities were proposed.

Produced Under this Project

Scientific Reports

Worker participation in occupational accident prevention : form, effectiveness, and determinants Research Report: R-154
Organisational and psychosocial factors favouring the participation of workers in health and safety acticities Research Report: R-211

Simplified Articles

Comment s'organise la participation directe des travailleurs à leur propre sécurité Volume 13, n⁰ 2

Scientific Publications

Workers’safety behavior: From a unidimensional to a bidimensional concept and measurement
Marchand A., Simard M., Carpentier-Roy M.-C., Ouellet F.
Source :
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, vol. 24, no 4, 1998, p. 293-299
Culture et gestion en santé et sécurité au travailo
Simard M.
Source :
in Encyclopédie de sécurité et de santé au travail, Stellman, J.M. (éd.), Genève, Bureau international du travail, 2000, p. 59.4-59.8
Participation des travailleurs à la sécurité du travail et taux d'accidents
Simard M.
Source :
8e Congrès international de psychologie du travail de langue française (8e : Septembre, 1994 : Neuchatel, Suisse), 1994, p. 452-464
Facteurs favorisant les comportements de conformité aux règles de sécurité chez les travailleurs
Simard M.
Source :
11e Congrès de l’Association internationale de psychologie du travail de langue française (11e : 28-31 août, 2000 : Rouen, France), 2000
From a unidimensional to a bidimensional concept and measurement of worker’s safety behavior
Marchand A., Simard M., Carpentier-Roy M.-C., Ouellet F.
Source :
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, vol. 24, no 4, p. 293-299
Characteristics of successful safety management strategies
Simard M.
Source :
in Seppälä, P. et al. (eds), From experience to innovation, Vol.3. Occupational safety. Helsinki, FIOH Press, 1997, p. 288-290
Workgroups' propensity to comply with safety rules: The influence of macro-micro organisational factors
Simard M., Marchand A.
Source :
Ergonomics, vol.40, no 2, 1997 , p. 172-188
Participation des travailleurs à la sécurité et taux d'accidents du travail
Simard M., Marchand A.
Source :
Psychologie du travail et des organisations, vol. 2, no 4, p. 34-44
Les facteurs influencant l'appui des travailleurs aux comités de santé-sécurité du travail
Marchand A., Simard M.
Source :
Recherches sociographiques, vol. 37, no 2, p. 229-246
A multilevel analysis of organisational factors related to safety initiatives behaviour
Simard M., Marchand A.
Source :
Safety Science, vol. 18, no 3, p. 534-551
A systemic approach for developing participative management of safety at the shopfloor level
Simard M.
Source :
in From medical-technical problem-solving to a Process of participative management : Proceedings of the International research workshop on Understanding the Work environment (May 21-24, 1995 : Stockholm, Sweden), 1995, p. 333-345

Additional Information

Type: Project

Number: 0092-1200

Status: Completed

Year of completion: 1995

Research Field: OSH and Sustainable Prevention Work Environment

Team:

Marcel Simard (Université de Montréal)
Marie-Claire Carpentier-Roy (Université de Montréal)
Jean-François Chanlat (HEC Montréal)
Paul Lanoie (HEC Montréal)
Louis Patry (Centre Hopitalier Universitaire Laval)