Objective To assess the relationship between occupational safety attitudes and safe driving behaviors among train drivers and explore the risk factors of occupational safety attitudes.
Conclusion Drivers from a railway bureau were asked to complete self-administered questionnaires on their demographic characteristics, occupational safety attitudes, and safe driving behaviors. Linear regression analyses were employed to test the relationship between occupational safety attitudes and safe driving behaviors, as well as the risk factors of negative occupational safety attitudes.
Results Of the 2 244 questionnaires delivered, 2 135 (95.14%) valid questionnaires were returned. The mean age and the mean working age of the participants were (36.86& #177;7.68) and (18.34& #177;7.95) years respectively, and all of them were male. Statistically significant associations were found of “operational safety” with “attitude toward security policy” (b=0.060, P=0.007); “personal protection” with “negative attitude” (b=-0.073, P< 0.001) and “attitude toward security policy” (b=0.130, P< 0.001); “bad hygiene habits at work” with “negative attitude” (b=0.229, P< 0.001), “attitude of supporting managers” (b=-0.117, P=0.001), and “positive attitude” (b=0.049, P=0.023). Longer working hours per week, lower education, married or marital issues, and temporary employment contract were potential risk factors for negative attitudes among train drivers (P< 0.05).
Conclusion The train drivers' safe driving behaviors are associated with occupational safety attitudes. Weekly working hours, marital status, education, and employment contract type are potential risk factors for positive occupational safety attitudes among the train drivers. More efforts should be done to improve the train drivers' occupational safety attitudes to secure safe driving behaviors.
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