P-514 an Analysis of the Safety Climate of Outdoor Landscape Workers

Introduction Outdoor Landscape workers’ awareness towards the safety climate in their workplace was analyzed by their responses to a self-administered questionnaire. Those that partook were full-time and part-time in their professional status and had been working outdoors for different lengths of time. The objective was to examine the attitudes towards safety and the levels of safety climate awareness in full-time and part-time workers with varying years of experience. Methods A cross-sectional study of Outdoor Landscape Workers in which 115 workers participated in an anonymous questionnaire survey. Data analysis was carried out using descriptive statistics. An analysis of Outdoor Landscape Workers’ attitude towards safety in their workplace was analyzed from their responses. Results Full-time workers and those with more years’ experience responded that they believe a significant number of Outdoor landscape workers are prone to being hurt and that there is also careless behavior among their fellow workers that do not follow safety rules. Discussion The study is a snapshot in time and the results corroborate with previous studies. The behavior of workers is arguably subjective, and their views are determined by their work environment. The primary data results are an indication of what workers believe to be the case on how safety is managed in their workplace. Positive responses are associated with part-time workers aspirations to progress onto full-time employment which correlates from those with less years’ of experience in this type of employment. Conclusion The study shows the relationship between length of employment and job position (full-time or part-time) and safety awareness in the workplace.