Seafarers' participation in safety management on board cargo ship

Bhattacharya, Syamantak 2007. Seafarers' participation in safety management on board cargo ship. Presented at: Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium 2007, 04-05 July 2007. Seafarers International Research Centre Symposium Proceedings (2007). Cardiff, UK: Seafarers International Research Centre, pp. 157-176.

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Abstract

The paper considers the importance of seafarers’ participation in the management of self-regulated Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) in the shipping industry. It points to the ways in which the concept of participation is understood differently within the industry and highlights the potential contribution that full employee participation makes to effective safety management at sea. Using qualitative research, including document analysis, interviews, and observations, both with shore based management and seafarers in the course of research voyages aboard cargo ships, the paper demonstrates what happens in practice when participation is attempted in the shipping industry. Seafarers’ employment patterns, fear of accountability, and shipboard hierarchy are identified as hindrances to participation. The paper concludes that the effects of these hindrances are compounded by a deeper and underlying problem of a lack of appreciation of the principles of self- regulated OHS management system in the shipping industry.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC)
Publisher:	Seafarers International Research Centre
ISBN:	1900174316
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 March 2024
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2024 10:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/166932

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