Safety Climate and Occupational Injuries in the Iron and Steel Industries in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT: The iron and steel industries globally have a high prevalence of occupational injuries, which need to be reduced. Obtaining safety climate information from workers assists in understanding the safety status at the workplace. This study aimed to assess the safety climate in the iron and steel industries and its association with occupational injuries. A cross-sectional study was conducted in four iron and steel industrial sites in Tanzania. Three hundred and twenty-one workers from the production lines and 50 managers/supervisors participated. The data were collected by interviews using the Kiswahili version of the Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire (NOSACQ-50) and the modified International Labor Organization (ILO) manual on methods for occupational injuries. The managers/supervisors score

SUBMITTER: Shabani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12470045 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature