Abstract Safety Management Systems are developed to help manage occupational risk, but
they can also increase an organisation's exposure to risk. This contradictory effect may …

Efforts to reduce accidents in seafaring have led to a proliferation of procedures such as
workplace assessments and checklists. Unfortunately, the demand for written procedures is …

Safety culture has risen to prominence over the past two decades as a means by which
organisations may enhance their safety performance. One way to conceptualise safety …

In this paper, we provide a description of a previously unlabelled and under-theorised
problem in safety management–'safety clutter'. Safety clutter is the accumulation of safety …

The paper reviews the literature from 1986 on the management of those safety rules and
procedures which relate to the workplace level in organisations. It contrasts two different …

We examine the importance of employee trust in an information source for occupational
safety within the construction industry. We sought to identify if:(1) trust in an information …

Ongoing safe operation of hazardous industries such as hydrocarbon production and
transportation, air traffic control and nuclear power generation depends on effective decision …

In terms of safety issues, this poses interesting challenges. It has been argued elsewhere
(Hollnagel, Woods, et al., 2006), and supported by our own research (Lamvik, Bye, et al …

Formal work procedures are central parts of an organization's safety management system.
However, there always seem to be some discrepancy between work as prescribed in …

Abstract 'Safety work'consists of activities, conducted within organisations, that have the
primary purpose of managing safety. Safety work is distinct from operational work, which …