Strategy and Implementation of Safety Climate Questionnaire for Manufacturing Industries

Safety climate is the employee’s perceptions of policies, procedures, and practices regarding safety in an organization. The purpose of this study is to develop and explore the content and face validity and internal consistency of the safety climate questionnaire for manufacturing sector in India. The questionnaire is developed through literature review and discussions with experts. Panel of seven experts who consist of safety officers, professionals have vast experience of manufacturing sector in India. Content validity was measured by content validity index (CVI) and a modified kappa index. A pilot study was conducted to test the internal consistency of the questionnaire by calculating Cronbach’s alpha. Thirty out of forty five items showed excellent content validity, six items showed good content validity, eight items showed fair content validity, and one item showed poor content validity. The average content validity of the questionnaire was .80 and ranged from .79 to .92 for the six subscales. The face validity was good with no major remarks were given. We conclude that questionnaire showed good content validity and this questionnaire seems to be an acceptable tool to evaluate safety climate.