Safety regulation: The lessons of workplace safety rule management for managing the regulatory burden

Safety Science

Volumn 71, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 112-122

  Hale, Andrew ^a,b   Borys, David ^c   Adams, Mark ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Regulatory burden; Rule management; Safety regulation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPLIANCE CONTROL; HEALTH RISKS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS; GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY; INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIORS; REGULATORY BURDEN; RULE MANAGEMENTS; SAFETY REGULATIONS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRAINING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84918583073     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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