Objective To investigate the relationship between occupational safety attitudes and behaviors among manufacturing workers in Guangdong areas for the promotion of occupational safety behaviors and health.
Methods A total of 10 585 forefront workers were selected from 46 manufacturing enterprises in Guangdong areas and were asked to complete selfadministered questionnaires on their demographic characteristics, occupational safety attitudes (i.e. negative attitudes, attitudes toward safety policy, attitudes toward management support, and positive attitudes) and behaviors (i.e. work postures, operational safety, personal protections and health habits). Linear regression analyses were employed to test the relationship between occupational safety attitudes and behaviors.
Results Of the 10 585 questionnaires delivered, 9 020 (85.22%) were returned and 7 906 (87.65%) were valid. The mean age and the mean working age of the participants were (30.45& #177;8.63) and (6.99& #177;6.52) years, respectively, and 52.5% of them were male. Negative attitudes were negatively associated with each occupational safety behavior. No associations of attitudes toward management support and positive attitudes were found with personal protections. Positive associations were found between the other dimensions of occupational attitudes and behaviors.
Conclusion Occupational safety attitudes are associated with occupational safety behaviors and the associations vary with attitudes and behaviors. It is suggested that in order to improve workers' safety behaviors, more efforts should be made to enhance safety attitudes.
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