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Linking Basic Human Values, Risk Perception, Risk Behavior and Accident Rates: The Road to Occupational Safety
To improve occupational safety, it is
necessary to consider both management and individual approaches. The individual
approach includes internal factors such as basic human values, risk perception,
risk behavior and experience of accidents; the aim of this study is to observe
the link between these. 104 workers from the forging and casting department of
an Indonesian military tools manufacturer participated voluntarily in the
study. They were asked to complete a set of questionnaires, consisting of a
portrait value questionnaire to assess personal basic human values, a risk
perception and safety questionnaire to assess risk perception and risk behavior,
and a self-reported accident questionnaire. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)
and bivariate correlation were applied to observe the links between basic human
values, risk perception, risk behavior and accident rates. The results show
that the basic human value that influences risk perception is that of power.
Risk perception correlates with risk behavior, and risk behavior correlates
with accident rates. The implications of the results are that occupational
safety can be achieved through individual approaches based on basic human
values and risk perception.