Abstract:

Workplace health and safety are important issues that should not be understated for employees especially who work on high-risk working environment, including ground handling activities. In recent years, much attention has been paid to the safety climate and its roles in decreasing the number of workplace injuries. However, there is still a limited number of studies regarding safety climate on ground handling activities. This study used the concept of safety climate to understand how it impacts the safety outcome mediated by safety behavior. This research employed surveys as the main data collection method and involved 238 respondents from PT X who operates the ground handling equipment in the airport’s ramp area. The researcher tested the hypotheses at the dimensions level using Smart PLS. The results showed that safety supervision, management commitment, and safety training were the predictors of safety compliance. While co-worker support, management commitment, and safety training were the predictors of safety participation. Moreover, the results also showed that there was no mediating role of safety compliance and safety participation in the impact of safety climate on safety outcome.