5. Conclusions
x The concept of safety culture and its component elements and scales, and the relationship between safety culture and
safety performance are the basic problems of the safety culture.
x Through the narrow definition of safety culture, safety culture is the ideas of safety management, which clearly the scope
of safety culture construction.
x By modifying, improving the study of Jim Stewart, 32 elements of safety culture were raised. And it had been proved by
experience that these elements are key factors influencing safety performance.
x It is confirmed that the relationship between safety culture and safety performance is qualitative and quantitative both
from theoretical study and empirical study.
Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge foundation by 2010 “special fund of central University basic scientific research”