Title :
Safety culture - back to the basics
Author :
Corcoran, William R.
Author_Institution :
Nuclear Safety Review Concepts Corporations, Windsor, CT, USA
Abstract :
This paper addresses culture in the anthropological sense and treats safety culture as a subset of culture. Descriptions, examples, and other devices are used to illustrate and emphasize the concepts. Improving a safety culture is addressed. This paper is a condensation of a larger work available from the author.
Keywords :
Art; Construction industry; Dictionaries; Hazards; Health and safety; Logic devices; Product safety; Production; Refining; Road transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Human Factors and Power Plants and HPRCT 13th Annual Meeting, 2007 IEEE 8th
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0306-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0306-6
DOI :
10.1109/HFPP.2007.4413209