Safety compliance in a highly regulated environment: A case study of workers' knowledge of rules and procedures within the petroleum industry

Safety Science

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 185-195

  Dahl, Øyvind ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Petroleum industry; Safety compliance; Unintentional violations

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANT BEHAVIOR; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT; SAFETY COMPLIANCES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; UNINTENTIONAL VIOLATIONS; WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RESEARCH;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84882727025     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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