Identifying unsafe Behaviors with Safety Behavior Sampling Method among Workers of Ilam Gas Refinery in 2013

Gas Refinery is one of the strategic industries in the country and the events happening there can cause irreparable damage, therefore it is very important to control events and identify its causes. This study conducted also aims to identify the types of unsafe behavior that is one of the causes of accidents in refineries.
In this cross-sectional study using the safety sampling technique and enjoying observation method and Tarrant checklist, unsafe act of workers were studied. To complete demographic profile of workers, they were interviewed. To determine the amount and types of unsafe behavior with a pilot study sample size, the view was set in 1878. For data analysis, SPSS software and chi-square test were used.
Findings: The results showed that 32.2% of worker's behaviors are unsafe. The highest unsafe behavior and its types in Mechanical Repair (33/1%) and non-use or inappropriate use of personal protective equipment (10/6%) were observed, respectively. Also, relationship between unsafe acts of workers with the unit, job, education level, work experience, previous accident history, hours and days were statistically significant (p 0/05).
Discussion & Given that most unsafe behavior was in mechanical maintenance unit and the most types it was inappropriate use of personal protective equipment, to reduce these behaviors, continuous monitoring of workers, training courses on the principles of behavior-based safety, creating a safety culture and safety climate and use of scientific expertise of university researchers were recommended.