A longitudinal study of safety climate on the Norwegian continental shelf.

The objective of the study was to examine the psychometric qualities of a questionnaire (Norwegian offshore risk and safety climate inventory) and whether employee perceptions of safety climate changed over time. The aim of the questionnaire was to measure safety climate and risk on offshore oil platforms on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The results were based on two surveys carried out on all offshore oil personnel in 2001 and 2003. The response rate was 55% (N = 3310) in 2001 and 50% (N = 8567) in 2003. A combination of exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis resulted in a safety climate structure of five dimensions: safety prioritisation, safety management and involvement, safety versus production, individual motivation and system comprehension. Structural equation modelling indicated that the suggested factor model fitted the data in 2001 and in 2003. Safety climate was significantly improved from 2001 to 2003 on four dimensions. Platform, work area, type of company and type of platform constituted important differentiating variables. Language: en

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