01-Rameez Khalid

INTRODUCTION Rameez Khalid1* Zulfiquar Ali Shaikh1 Nasir Afghan1 The need for effective safety systems in preventing accidents has long been recognized as a necessary part of doing business. The positive relationship between safety programs and profits has already been accepted (Cox & Cox, 1996; Gunningham & Johnstone, 1999). The primary objective of any organization is to stay in business, and without having safety culture at workplace, it is strenuous for it to be competitive in the market (Clarke, Probst, Guldenmund, & Passmore, 2015; Kelloway, Nielsen, & Dimoff, 2017; Morrow, Koves, & Barnes, 2014; Öz, Özkan, & Lajunen, 2013; Reinhold & Tint, 2007). Ironically, according to International Labor Organization (ILO), approx. 2.34 million workers die at the workplace, and 317 million develop workplace injuries every year globally. However, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) emphasized that with proper OHS policy implementation, businesses can grow faster with satisfied employees (Ramos, Arezes & Afonso 2014). For managing the interface between system and people, an effective and efficient safety management system is essential (Casey, Griffin, Flatau Harrison, & Neal, 2017). Herbert. 01 July-December 2019 JISR-MSSE Number 2 Volume 17 10.31384/jisrmsse/2019.17.2.1