Identifying Factors for Sustaining the Zero Accident Vision: A Case of Tire Company in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Abstract— Zero Accident Vision (ZAV) encourages the vision that accidents are preventable. The objective of this study is to identify the factors which enable, and impede ZAV in a tire industry. Behaviour-based safety may be affected by providing good safety training, building a safe and healthy work environment, offering safety incentives, and developing safety empowerment based on the literature. Primary data were gathered by distributing the questionnaire. The sample size was 98 among 120 population of the company shop floor members who are the most aware of the work environment and risking accidents. Descriptive analysis and multiple regression analysis were used by SPSS-22. Descriptive analysis was helped to identify the response patterns of employees. Multiple regression analysis identified factors and its impact on sustaining ZAV. Pearson correlation was used to analyse the relationship between variables. All independent variables, safety training, work environment, safety incentives, and safety empowerment significantly affected ZAV. Safety training and safety incentive were enabling factors which should be continued and, safety empowerment and work environment were impeding factors which should be developed further to sustain ZAV.

Keywords— Zero Accident Vision, Safety, Behaviour