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dc.contributor.authorNævestad, Tor-Olav
dc.contributor.authorElvebakk, Beate
dc.contributor.authorRanestad, Karen
dc.coverage.spatialNorwayen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-12T12:10:40Z
dc.date.available2021-07-12T12:10:40Z
dc.date.created2021-05-12T10:47:30Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-11
dc.identifier.citationInfrastructures. 2021, 6 (76), 1-18.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2412-3811
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2764180
dc.description.abstractAbout 36% of fatal road accidents in Norway involve at least one driver who is “at work”. It has been argued that the implementation of rules clearly defining the responsibility of road transport companies to prevent work related accidents, by implementing safety management systems (SMS), could lead to increased safety. In the present study we tested the validity of this suggestion, by examining the influence of different sector rules on work-related accident prevention in Norwegian road and maritime transport. In contrast to the road sector, the maritime sector has had rules requiring SMS for over 20 years, clearly defining the shipping companies responsibility for prevention of work-related accidents. The aims of the study were to: (1) examine how the different sector rules influence perceptions of whether the responsibility to prevent work-related accidents is clearly defined in each sector; and (2) compare respondents’ perceptions of the quality of their sectors’ efforts to prevent work-related accidents, and factors influencing this. The study was based on a small-scale survey (N = 112) and qualitative interviews with sector experts (N = 17) from companies, authorities, and NGOs in the road and the maritime sectors. Results indicate that respondents in the maritime sector perceive the responsibility to prevent work-related accidents as far more clearly defined, and they rate their sector’s efforts to prevent accidents as higher than respondents in road. Multivariate analyses indicate that this is related to the scope of safety regulations in the sectors studied, controlled for several important framework conditions. Based on the results, we conclude that the implementation of SMS rules focused on transport companies’ responsibility to prevent work-related accidents could improve safety in the road sector. However, due to barriers to SMS implementation in the road sector, we suggest starting with a simplified version of SMS.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleWork-Related Accident Prevention in Norwegian Road and Maritime Transport: Examining the Influence of Different Sector Rulesen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.en_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode1
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/infrastructures6050072
dc.identifier.cristin1909626
dc.source.journalInfrastructuresen_US
dc.source.volume6en_US
dc.source.issue76en_US
dc.source.pagenumber1-18en_US
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 236643en_US


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