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Hosseinzadeh K, Mohammadfam I, Soltanzadeh A, Soltanian A. Designing and Constructing a Tool for Safety Culture Evaluation in a Processing Industry Based on Factor Analysis. Iranian Rehabilitation Journal 2023; 21 (3) :565-576
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Designing and Constructing a Tool for Safety Culture Evaluation in a Processing Industry Based on Factor Analysis
Kiana Hosseinzadeh1 , Iraj Mohammadfam * 2, Ahmad Soltanzadeh3 , Alireza Soltanian4
1- Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
2- Department of Ergonomics, Health in Emergency and Disaster Research Center, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3- Department of Occupational Health & Safety Engineering, School of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
4- Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
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Objectives: This study aims to develop and create a tool based on factor analysis to assess safety culture in the processing industry.
Methods: This study was conducted in the petrochemical industry in 2021. The questionnaires were distributed among 312 employees, supervisors, and managers, and 308 of them were completed. The validity of the questionnaire was assessed by content and construct validity (confirmatory factor analysis), and its reliability was determined by calculating the internal consistency coefficient (Cronbach’s α) and conducting a pilot study. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the relationship between the dimensions of safety culture and the dimensions themselves.
Results: The results showed that 62.4% of participants were under 45 years old and 71.2% of them had more than 10 years of work experience. The obtained content validity index (CVI) and content validity ratio (CVR) were 0.88 and 0.91, respectively. The results of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) revealed that six questions were assigned to each dimension of safety culture in the questionnaire. The results of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with a P of 0.001 and the overall goodness index of root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) of 0.07 and the goodness indices of adaptive fit, including good fit index (GFI), comparative fit index (CFI), and normal fit index (NFI) were 0.95, 0.97, and 0.95, respectively. 
Discussion: Based on the results, a safety culture assessment instrument was developed, including 10 dimensions and 60 items. The results of factor analysis showed that the built-in instrument is highly useful to assess safety culture. In addition, these results showed that safety culture has the strongest relationship with the priority of focusing on health, safety, and environment (HSE) and the weakest relationship with the dimension of collaboration and involvement.

Coresponding author: Iraj Mohammadfam, E-mail: mohammadfam@umsha.ac.ir
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Keywords: Safety culture, Processing industry, Factor analysis, Questionnaire
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Article type: Original Research Articles | Subject: Ergonomics
Received: 2022/05/29 | Accepted: 2023/05/29 | Published: 2023/09/6
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