A Survey of the Effects of Working Conditions, Job Relations and Attitude Towards Safety on Job Accidents and Unsafe Work Behaviors

Job accidents have always been an important problem in workplaces. In recent literature on job safety, organizational aspects of work accidents have been. This study aims to examine the attitudes of workers, supervisors, and managers towards safety in workplaces, and to analyze the relationship between unsafe behaviors and work accidents.A questionnaire methodology is used to measure personnel’s attitude towards and understanding of safety. The data were analyzed using factor analysis, hierarchical multiple regression and analysis of variance (ANOVA).According to the findings, there is not any significant relationship between safety culture and work accidents and unsafe behaviors. But the workplace has a significant relationship with work accidents and unsafe behaviors. Also, there is a significant relationship between job relations and work accidents and unsafe behaviors. According to the finding of hierarchal regression, the variables of age, occupation and safety culture are not identified as significant predictors, but workplace and job relations are. There is not any important difference about safety in various levels of organization.