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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.
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 ProvinceAustralia
Subject(s)
Broad subject area(s) Stress, psychosocial factors
Browse category(ies) Workers' participation
Safety programmes
Safety culture and safety consciousness
Psychological factors