Predictive Power of Injuries Reporting Rate and its’ Dimensions by Perceived Organizational Support for Safety

Background and purpose: researchers have mentioned that perceived organizational supportfor safety may predict occupational accidents and psychological distresses in the workplace. thepresent study examined the degree of perceived organizational support for safety related toinjuries reporting rate and its dimensions among workers’ isfahan steel company.materials and methods: a self-administered anonymous was distributed to 189 workers. thesurvey included demographic factors, injuries reporting rate and its components (physicalsymptoms, psychological symptoms and accidents) and perceived organizational support forsafety. the data were analyzed using multivariate and correlation techniques.results: the results showed that: (1) there were significant correlations between perceivedorganizational support with injuries reporting rate and its’ dimensions namely physical andpsychological symptoms (p < 0.050); (2) there was not a significant relationship betweenperceived organizational support and accidents (p > 0.050); (3) multivariate analysis indicatedthat perceived organizational support significantly predicted respectively about 14, 13 and 10percent of the variance of variables of injuries reporting rate, physical symptoms andpsychological symptoms (p < 0.050).conclusion: improving employees’ perception of support can be important to prevent thedevelopment of job injuries and to promote employees’ safety and well-being.