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 Volume 11, Issue 3 (March 2024), Pages: 77-83

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 Original Research Paper

Written safe work procedures and their impact on a culture of prevention

 Author(s): 

 Shaili Julie Cavero Pacheco 1, *, Diego Joaquin Carreño Hanco 1, Luis Ricardo Moscoso Cavero 1, Avid Román-González 2

 Affiliation(s):

 1Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Professional School of Industrial Engineering Andean University of Cusco, Cusco, Peru
 2Aerospace Sciences and Health Research, Laboratory (INCAS-Lab), National Technological University of South Lima, Lima, Peru

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8534-3891

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2024.03.008

 Abstract

The goal of this study was to evaluate how implementing written procedures for safe work (WPSW) affects the preventive culture among employees at a company involved in collecting and processing coffee, cocoa, and honey. The research used a quantitative method with an experimental design and a pre-experimental sub-design for explanation. The study's participants were the company's workers, who completed the NOSACQ-50 Nordic questionnaire to assess their preventive culture before and after the WPSW was put into practice across the three production processes. This study identified the risks associated with each process, established control measures to prevent accidents, and designed safer methods for each process. The findings showed that implementing WPSW significantly improved the preventive culture among workers, leading to the conclusion that ensuring safe work conditions and fostering a preventive culture enhances worker safety and health.

 © 2024 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Written safe work procedures, Safety, Preventive culture, Processes, Accidents

 Article history

 Received 11 August 2023, Received in revised form 5 January 2024, Accepted 10 February 2024

 Acknowledgment 

No Acknowledgment.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Cavero Pacheco SJ, Carreño Hanco DJ, Moscoso Cavero LR, and Román-González A (2024). Written safe work procedures and their impact on a culture of prevention. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 11(3): 77-83

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