Incident reporting or storytelling? Competing schemes in a safety-critical and hazardous work setting

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1205-1222

  Sanne, Johan M ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accident etiology; Breakdowns; Non reporting; Occupational communities; Organizational learning; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT ETIOLOGY; BREAKDOWNS; INTEGRAL PART; KNOW-HOW; NON-REPORTING; OCCUPATIONAL COMMUNITIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; RAILWAY MAINTENANCE; ROOT CAUSES; SAFETY-CRITICAL; STORYTELLING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INCIDENT REPORT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; STORYTELLING; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 49149086882     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.06.024     Document Type: Article

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