Table 3

Risk behaviour and its determinants: number and percentage of workers who “fully” or “highly” agree with safety related statements in three levels of the Safety Climate Index (SCI, summary of answers to specific items for safety climate, items 2–11); pottery industry, Castellon (Spain), 2001 (n = 590)

SCI <50 (n = 76)SCI 50–69 (n = 157)SCI ⩾70 (n = 357)
n(%)*n(%)*n(%)*
*All differences are statistically significant (p<0.001).
I excessively expose myself to risks while working31(40.8)43(27.4)75(21.0)
I have no information for working safely21(27.6)35(22.3)29(8.1)
I have no knowledge of risks in my job place16(21.1)28(17.8)30(8.4)
I lack enough experience for working safely11(14.5)21(13.4)21(5.9)
I do not work safely because nobody asks me to do it13(17.1)31(19.9)27(7.6)
Work pace prevents me from working safely42(55.3)51(32.5)46(12.9)
When there is an emergency I can’t act safely36(47.4)47(29.9)57(16.0)
If I work safely I have less opportunities to extend my contract17(22.4)15(9.6)14(4.0)