Study on the Strategies for Developing a Safety Culture in Industrial Organizations

As the concept of “safety culture,” however, contains abstract elements, it is difficult to find a way to establish it in a specific manner in an organization, resulting in the current failure of its effective development. The result of developing a specific method for evaluating safety culture (SCAT: Safety Culture Assessment Tool) from the perspective of safety management in industrial organizations is reported. In addition, a comprehensive program for the continuous assessment and improvement of a safety culture (PDCA cycle) based on the use of SCAT, as a strategy for developing a safety culture, is examined and proposed. For contribution to further studies, reflections were also given on problems with activities for improving and entrenching a sound safety culture in an organization.