Framing risks in a safety-critical and hazardous job: Risk-taking as responsibility in railway maintenance

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 645-658

  Sanne, Johan M ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Framing risks; Occupational responsibility; Railway maintenance; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; INSURANCE; MAINTENANCE; PUBLIC RISKS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

FRAMES OF REFERENCE; FRAMING RISKS; GENERAL PUBLIC; MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS; OCCUPATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRODUCTION GOALS; RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE; RAILWAY MAINTENANCE; RISK COMMUNICATIONS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY-CRITICAL; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 48849100929     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870701715550     Document Type: Article

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