Document ID (ISN) | 100062 |
CIS number |
02-1483 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0815-6409 - Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand |
Year |
2001 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Trethewy R., Gardner D., Cross J., Marosszeky M. |
Title |
Behavioural safety and incentive schemes |
Bibliographic information |
June 2001, Vol.17, No.3, p.251-262. Illus. 16 ref. |
Abstract |
Examination of successful occupational safety programmes suggests that the two most dominant factors are strong management commitment and frequent close cooperation between workers, supervisors and managers. Effective safety management is primarily dependent on practices which can successfully foster and develop a safe workplace culture. This culture must accommodate the decision-making variables of different people who make up the workplace. The management and evaluation of safe behaviour at work requires an identification of management system characteristics that influence such behaviour as well as techniques for measuring safety-related work behaviour in order to identify and modify unsafe work practices. This article discusses some of the approaches that have been shown to be effective in managing safe behaviour at work in the petroleum refining and construction industries. |
Descriptors (primary) |
safety consciousness; safety programmes; plant safety organization |
Descriptors (secondary) |
safety incentives; labour-management relations; construction industry; unsafe practices; workers' participation; petroleum refining; role of management; role of supervisory staff; safe working methods |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Australia |
Subject(s) |
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Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
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Browse category(ies) |
Workers' participation Safety programmes Safety culture and safety consciousness Psychological factors
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