| Document ID (ISN) | 69687 |
| CIS number |
97-1741 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0925-7535 - Safety Science |
| Year |
1996 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Rundmo T. |
| Title |
Associations between risk perception and safety |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 1996, Vol.24, No.3, p.197-209. 21 ref. |
| Abstract |
A self-completion questionnaire survey was carried out among employees on twelve offshore oil installations in 1994. The number of respondents was 1138. Employee evaluations of the status of safety and contingency measures were affected by physical working conditions, attitudes towards safety and accident prevention work as well as management commitment and involvement in safety promotion. These factors were also related to job stress, perceived risk and risk behaviour. There was a significant positive correlation between perceived risk and risk behaviour, but risk perception was not found to predict risk behaviour. Risk behaviour affected accidents as well as near-misses. The possibility that safety cannot be improved by changing individual risk perception is discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
safety consciousness; offshore oil extraction; human behaviour |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Norway; causes of accidents; questionnaire survey |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Norway |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Safety culture and safety consciousness
Psychological factors
Petroleum and natural gas industry
|
