F Kiani - PhD, Psychology Department, Boroujen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Boroujen, Iran
H Kargar Khoram Abadi - MSc, Counseling Department, Psychology & Education Science School, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
E Saberyan - MSc, Psychology Department, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran
M.R Khodabakhsh - PhD, Psychology Department, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran

Aims: Ability of employees to maintain awareness of the work situation,understand the information it holds, and predict how situations will developare important factors in prevention of industrial accidents. The aim of currentresearch was to investigate the relationship of safety climate and workoverload with work situation awareness.Instrument & Methods: This cross sectional study was administrated betweenOctober and November 2015 in the National Petrochemical Company (NPC).190 persons were selected by stratified random sampling method. Validatedinstruments were used for data collection on work situation awareness, safetyclimate and work overload. Data was analyzed by SPSS 15 software usingPearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression analysis.Findings: Safety climate (68.67±7.13) had significant (p<0.01) correlationswith work overload (16.17±3.21; r=0.26) and work situation awareness(65.55±6.22; r=0.5). Also, work overload and work situation awareness had asignificant negative correlation (r=-0.39; p<0.01). Safety climate and workoverload both predicted 33% of work situation awareness. Individually, safetyclimate predicted 21% (t=6.81; β=0.43) and work overload predicted 10% (t=-4.43; β=-0.28) of the work situation awareness.Conclusion: Safety climate and work overload affect the work situationawareness among workers.

Cliamte [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68002980];Safety [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68012449];Workload [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68016526];Awareness [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68001364]