The Influence of Occupational Health and Safety Cultural Factors on the Behavior of Well Intervention Drilling Rig Contractor Workers at Pertamina Hulu Rokan
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https://doi.org/10.24256/kharaj.v8i4.12348Keywords:
Safety Culture, Safety Awareness, Safety Knowledge, Risk Management, Safety Training, Safety BehaviorAbstract
This study aims to analyze the influence of occupational health and safety culture factors on the behavior of drilling well intervention rig contractor workers at Pertamina Hulu Rokan. The factors examined include safety awareness, safety knowledge, risk management, and safety training as exogenous variables, with safety culture as a mediating variable and safety behavior as an endogenous variable. The research employed a quantitative approach with a cross-sectional survey design. A sample of 100 rig contractor workers was selected using purposive sampling. Data were collected through a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) with SmartPLS 4. The results showed that out of nine proposed hypotheses, seven hypotheses were accepted and two were rejected. Safety training was the most dominant factor in shaping safety culture (t-statistic 3.075), followed by safety knowledge (2.924), risk management (2.415), and safety awareness (1.483) which was not significant. Safety culture was proven to have a significant influence on safety behavior (5.718) and acted as a full mediator for the influence of safety knowledge, risk management, and safety training on safety behavior. The R-Square values indicate that safety culture explains 33.8% of the variation in safety behavior, while safety behavior is explained by 62.3% through safety culture. These findings confirm that safety culture is formed through the interaction between personal factors (knowledge) and organizational factors (risk management and training), which require continuous reinforcement. The managerial implications suggest that companies need to allocate resources for contextual and sustainable safety training, integrate risk management into daily work routines, and build a non-punitive culture that is responsive to safety reports. Future research is recommended to expand the population scope and add variables such as safety leadership and safety climate.
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