Table 4.
Work Safety Culture Psychological Elements: Safety Attitudes, Vulnerability, and Work Safety Climate, Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, 2017 (N=202)
| Psychological Elements | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Safety/Risk Attitudes | |
| No matter how hard you try to prevent them, serious injuries are going to occur on a farm or ranch (unsafe) | 131 (65.0) |
| You are less likely to be injured doing farm work than other people your age doing the same work (unsafe) | 100 (49.5) |
| Working under time pressure makes you less careful (safe)* | 141 (69.8) |
| Safety precautions are important and necessary, even if they slow the job (safe)* | 190 (94.1) |
| Sum (high score = greater unsafe attitude) | |
| Mean = 1.49 | |
| SD = 0.84 | |
| Vulnerability Scale | |
| You were made to feel that you could be easily replaced by a boss or supervisor | 31 (15.4) |
| You were afraid of being fired, even though you did nothing wrong | 25 12.4) |
| You were concerned about your safety on your job, but were afraid to voice your concern | 17 (8.4) |
| You could not protect yourself from being treated unfairly at work | 16 (7.9) |
| You were treated in an unfair just way because of age, race, gender | 13 (6.4) |
| You were treated in a demanding or violent manner | 10 (5.0) |
| Someone stared inappropriately at private parts of your body | 6 (3.0) |
| Someone made a remark about your body parts covered by a swimsuit | 1 (0.5) |
| Scale (high score = greater perceived vulnerability) | |
| Mean = 0.58 | |
| SD = 1.11 | |
| Perceived Work Safety Climate Scale | |
| Workers’ safety practices are very important to the boss/supervisors. | 118 (58.4 |
| Workers are regularly made aware of dangerous work practices or conditions. | 109 (54.0) |
| Workers are regularly praised for safe conduct. | 72 (35.6) |
| Workers receive instructions on safety when hired. | 103 (51.0) |
| Workers attend regular safety meetings. | 33 (16.3) |
| Proper safety equipment is always available. | 65 (32.2) |
| Workers have almost total control over personal safety.* | 164 (81.2) |
| Taking risks is a part of my job.* | 100 (49.5) |
| The possibility of being injured at work in the next 12 months is very likely.* | 88 (43.6) |
| Scale (higher score = greater perceived safety climate) | |
| Mean = 3.73 | |
| SD = 2.33 | |
| How much do supervisors seem to care about your safety? | |
| Supervisors do as much as possible to make my job safe | 66 (32.7) |
| They could do more to make my job safe | 92 (45.5) |
| They are only interested in doing the job fast and cheaply | 44 (21.8) |
*
Reverse scored.