The safety representative under pressure. A study of occupational health and safety management in the Norwegian oil and gas industry

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 493-509

  Hovden, Jan ^a   Lie, Terje ^b   Karlsen, Jan Erik ^c   Alteren, Bodil ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^d SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Employee participation; Participative Occupational Health and Safety Management; Safety representative

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GAS INDUSTRY; HEALTH RISKS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; PERSONNEL;

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PARTICIPATIVE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; HUMAN; MANAGER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUST; WORKPLACE;

EID: 38949205172     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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