Posted By David Sutherland I am seeking assistance in the preparation of a safety perception questionnaire for our employees to complete. The intent is to try to establish the level of safety compliance and committment by management as perceived by our employees and also how they see the general culture for safety. This information will then be used to try to define and decide our next steps in safety management. A bit of background may assist, we are involved in railway construction and maintenance across Australia. This means our personnel work away from home much of the year. Sometimes in very isolated areas and certainly in somewhat less than ideal environments.

Posted By Raymond Rapp Hi David, Not sure exactly the purpose of this questionnaire or what Ken has sent you, but presumably you need a 'Likert' type of employee attitude survey. Or is it you need an idea of risk perceptions for the purpose of identifying hazar-harm relationships for a formal risk assessment. Attitude surveys can come in a generic form, however it might be more useful to devise your own, specific for the purpose. Safety/risk perception of employees is more problematic, although there are generic, occupation specific and hazard specific types of assessment available. Having spent the last 20 years working in the railway industry I am acutely aware of most of the hazards, added to the difficult environment 'down under' it is unlikely that a 'off the shelf' type would be suitable. If you are serious about defining safety/risk perceptions as opposed to a 'paper safety' exercise, designing your own questionnaire/survey would be more interesting and accurate. I have to hand some material that may be of use if you should require some additional help. Regards, Ray