Summary information

Study title

Company Sociological Aspects of Institutionalized Accident Prevention in Large Companies

Creator

Diekershoff, Karl-Heinz (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für System- und Konzeptforschung, Köln )
Kliemt, Gundolf (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für System- und Konzeptforschung, Köln )
Diekershoff, Sibylle (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für System- und Konzeptforschung, Köln )

Study number / PID

ZA0678, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.0678 (DOI)

Data access

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Abstract

Attitude to job safety and existence of measures to prevent accidents. Decision-making processes in the system of job safety. Topics: Assessment of accident frequency in the company; proportion of unavoidable accidents; existence of series of accidents; reactions of employees to safety regulations and use of industrial health and safety standards; controversies within the company about accident prevention measures; extent to which informed about company accident statistics, calculation of lost work time and accident costs; frequency of company inspections; effects of the law on continued payment of wages on the accident development; criteria for the selection of the safety official; task area and schooling of the safety official; existence and topics of consultation of the safety committee in the company; characterization of the most frequent accident causes in the company; length of company employment and position held in the company; founding year, legal form, number of employees, proportion of women and proportion of guest workers of the company; type of pay; production structure. Index: degree of institutionalization of the safety system. Demography: age (classified); school education; vocational training; professional career; state.

Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

12/1970 - 12/1971

Country

Germany

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Oral survey by means of a conversation theme.

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1971

Terms of data access

A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.

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