| Document ID (ISN) | 104789 |
| CIS number |
06-324 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0925-7535 - Safety Science |
| Year |
2005 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Farrington-Darby T., Pickup L., Wilson J.R. |
| Title |
Safety culture in railway maintenance |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan. 2005, Vol.43, No.1, p.39-60. Illus. 39 ref. |
| Abstract |
This paper discusses the practical problems of understanding and addressing unsafe behaviour and negative safety culture in rail maintenance. Analysis of interviews with staff enabled identification of 40 main factors that influence safe behaviour and safe culture. These factors ranged in proximity of their connection to the unsafe event from those that could be found at trackside and which directly influence the behaviour of the track workers on the day (e.g. the weather), to more medium term and distanced factors (e.g. the supervisors' style of management), to those at considerable distance in terms of where they emanate and can be changed, such as contradictory rules. As a result of this structured qualitative enquiry, the maintenance company most concerned disseminated findings throughout the organization and established a strategy to improve both safety systems and behaviour. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
safety consciousness; United Kingdom; track operations; maintenance; railway equipment |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
human behaviour; survey; unsafe acts; information of personnel; role of supervisory staff; safety rules; unsafe practices |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Transport and communications
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Safety culture and safety consciousness
Psychological factors
Rail transportation
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