Safety climate and seat belt use in the fire service.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Motor vehicle incidents or apparatus crashes are a leading cause of firefighter fatalities in the United States. Nonuse of seat belts has been linked to some of these fatalities. This research seeks to understand the relationship between safety climate and seat belt use among firefighters, as findings will provide insights into factors that may bolster seat belt use and protect firefighters.

Methods

Data were collected from 208 career firefighters working for a city fire department in the southeastern United States. Structural equation modeling was used to test a hypothesized model and to assess the relationships between organizational safety climate, work group safety climate and seat belt use.

Results

It was determined that positive perceptions of workgrou

SUBMITTER: Smith TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11600456 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature