Measuring safety climate on UK offshore oil and gas installations

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 1998, HSE 1998

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Flin, R ^a   Mearns, K ^a   Gordon, R ^a   Fleming, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONDITION MONITORING; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; INSTALLATION; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRITISH GAS; CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION; LAGGING INDICATORS; OFFSHORE OIL; OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY CONDITION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 85088773906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/46741-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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