Abstract:

The safety climate is a situation that affects safe behaviors and safety attitudes in the workplace. This research was carried out to examine the safety perceptions of field workers working in different units of the Municipality and the factors affecting it. The sample of the descriptive study consisted of 123 municipal field workers in a province. The data of the research were collected between July 2020 and June 2021 by face-to-face interview technique using the “Descriptive Information Form” and “Safety Climate Scale”. Student t -test, One Way ANOVA, and linear regression analysis were used to evaluate the data. Bonferroni analysis was performed from post-hoc tests. The mean of the safety climate scale is 1.93±0.68 and it is moderate. While there is a statistically significant difference between the education level and working style of the workers (p<0.05), there is no statistically significant difference between age, monthly income, working year, marital status, occupational health and safety training, and the unit of work and safety climate (p<0.05). >0.05). Businesses; To increase workers' safety climate perception, in-service training and periodic information on occupational health and safety should be provided.

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