High reliability process industries: individual, micro, and macro organizational influences on safety performance

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The safety measures in a process industry can be categorized in three levels namely individual, micro organizational and macro organizational. The individual level depends upon employee attitudes, employee behaviors, and employee knowledge. Micro organizational measures are self-regulation, organizational policies, design of work environment, safety representatives, management attitudes and accountability. Macro organizational measures are technological complexity, work force specialization, centralization, decentralization, vertical and horizontal communication, tight coupling and redundancy of the system.

Industry, Industries

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Health and safety management in UK and Spanish SMEs: a comparative study

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This article compares the attitudes of the United Kingdom and Spain towards occupational health and safety. Topics include awareness of health and safety legislation and management of health and safety in small and medium sized enterprises.

Spain, Laws, regulations and rules

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The reality of Revitalizing Health and Safety

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This article discusses the complex nature of occupational health and safety policy implementation in the United Kingdom. Topics include workplace injury reduction, policy analysis, ergonomics, and safety training.

Statistical Data Included, Analysis, Workplace accidents, Prevention, Social policy, Work-related injuries, Work related injuries

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