Behaviour based safety in Indian organisations

Organisations and safety in health care.

T he role that organisations play in provoking or preventing accidents has been long studied in industry, but has only recently begun to gain attention in health care. But, understanding safety in complex socio-technical systems requires analysis at multiple levels, and each level is characteristically best approached by a different discipline. Because the relevant disciplines (such as sociolog...

Safety management systems and safety culture in aircraft maintenance organisations

A self-regulatory model was proposed to examine how di€erent organisations manage safety, with particular emphasis on the human and organisational aspects. The relationships of di€erent aspects of safety culture and safety management systems were explored through the deployment of di€erent research measures and methods. Studies of four aircraft maintenance organisations included analysis of doc...

The Behaviour-based Approach to Safety

Responsible organisations have made substantial efforts to ensure that facilities and equipment are designed for safe operation, and that appropriate safety management systems are in place. These efforts have led to significant improvements in safety but, all too often, employees are still having accidents and the improvements have plateaued out. To achieve continuous improvement, leading organ...

Selection of internal safety auditors in an Indian construction organization based on the SWARA and ARAS methods

Background: The effectiveness and adequacy of occupational health and safety management system should be monitored and evaluated at organization level on a regular basis. Safety audit has a clear role in the development of organizations safety management systems. Internal safety audit is a method to appraise to the management the current status of occupational health and safety at workplace. Se...

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