Safety at work: Perceptions of managers and employees and probability of having an accident at work in 11 different industry sectors

The aim of the research is to identify how employees of 11 different industrial sectors assess their ability to respond to organizational demands such as time, innovations, guidelines,workload, fatigue and changes (self-evaluations), and to compare these evaluations with those expressed by the managers on the ability of employees to meet the sameorganizational demands (hetero-evaluations). It is hypothesized that, as the difference between self-evaluations and hetero-evaluations increases, the perceived probability of having an accident also increases. The sample: 202 subjects, including 8 managers. A questionnaire asks: ‘How much do youthink you are able do the job according to your ability to manage time, innovations, guidelines, workload, fatigue and changes?’ The answers are expressed on a 5-point ratingscale, 1 = not able, 5 = highly able. Managers are asked the same question. They are also asked to assess the level of ability possessed by employees in relation to the previous organizational demands. Regarding the perceivedprobability of having an accident, the question is: ‘As for your company, indicate a hazardous situation and assess the probability that you and others have a mayor accident oreven be subject to death (0 = minimum probability, 100 = highest probability). Analysis of variance supported all hypotheses. The absence of a cross sectional study and thelimited sample of managers. How to promote confrontation between managers and workers to prevent accidents. Studying multi-level organization as concurrent causes of accidents.