Situation awareness in bridge operations - A study of collisions between attendant vessels and offshore facilities in the North Sea

Safety Science

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 277-285

  Sandhåland, Hilde ^a,b   Oltedal, Helle ^a   Eid, Jarle ^b  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Maritime; Offshore; Safety; Situation awareness; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; BRIDGES; TRANSPORTATION;

COMMUNICATION FAILURE; INADEQUATE OPERATION; MARITIME; NORWEGIAN CONTINENTAL SHELVES; OFFSHORE; OFFSHORE FACILITIES; ORGANISATIONAL FACTORS; SITUATION AWARENESS;

DISASTERS;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COLLISION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NORTH SEA; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SITUATION AWARENESS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VESSEL;

EID: 84936880339     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2015.06.021     Document Type: Article

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