Administrative burdens and over-exertion in Swedish short sea shipping

Österman, Cecilia; Hult, Carl

doi:10.1080/03088839.2016.1154994

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“…When it comes to staffing, about 12% of both fish farmers and operational mangers disagree that manning is sufficient. Safety issues when workload is increased without additional personnel has been discussed in previous studies in aquaculture (Thorvaldsen et al 2015) and maritime industries (Hetherington et al, 2006, Österman andHult, 2016).…”

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Safety climate and compliance in the Norwegian aquaculture industry—employees’ perceptions at different company levels

Kongsvik¹,

Thorvaldsen²,

Holmen³

et al. 2018

Safety and Reliability – Safe Societies in a Changing World

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The aquaculture industry is economically important in Norway, and the production is expected to increase in the future. Employees at the fish farms face a high risk of accidents compared to employees in other industries and the focus on safety from both industry and researchers has increased during the last decade. Adding to the knowledge on safety in aquaculture, the objective of this paper is to study employees' perception of safety climate, and whether aspects related to safety climate may predict employees' compliance. Findings from two surveys aimed at managers and employees in different companies are analysed. The first is a telephone survey targeting employees and managers at the fish farms. The second is a web-based survey involving the onshore management level. The results show that employees at all levels have a positive perception of the safety climate, but they also illustrate challenges related to work pressure, maintenance and employee participation. Furthermore, the analysis shows that work pressure affects compliance negatively while participation and competence have positive associations with compliance. These results give input to some practical measures for safety management in the industry.

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Section: Regarding Competence and Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Safety climate and compliance in the Norwegian aquaculture industry—employees’ perceptions at different company levels

Kongsvik¹,

Thorvaldsen²,

Holmen³

et al. 2018

Safety and Reliability – Safe Societies in a Changing World

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“…Patella et al [40] cite us because we supply the documentation that the engine crew suffer the highest overall levels of stress followed by the deck and engine officers. Österman and Hult [41] cite us because we say that the seafarers work and live between 2 to 8 months on board continuously exposed small possibilities for recreation together with people of various backgrounds and nationalities.…”

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Follow-up of citations of maritime epidemiological injury studies

Jensen

Flores²,

Baygi

et al. 2020

International Maritime Health

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Background: The article is based on a review and follow-up of the citations of 13 epidemiological studies that aimed to improve maritime health and safety. While it's well-recognised that epidemiology is needed in occupational health and safety, the main research question: "How can epidemiology help workers to return healthy from the sea" was unanswered. Materials and methods: The 13 articles were selected as a representative sample of different epidemiological design studies intended to contribute to improving safety management in fishing, merchant shipping and offshore industry. The PubMed, Research Gate, Cochrane-Library and Google Scholar were searched for authors that had cited our articles by using full bibliographic information and the results analysed. Results: In all, 213 citation records were identified. After duplicates and records with insufficient information were removed, 123 full-text articles were eligible for evaluation with answers to the research questions: how did other authors use the studies, how has the injury epidemiology been developed, which recommendations are given for new policies and new studies and how can epidemiology help workers return safe and healthy from the sea? Conclusions: The answer to the main research question is yes, epidemiological studies are not only useful but a necessary component by providing the needed evidence for successful prevention programmes.

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“…Production will generally be prioritized, since "production creates the resources that make protection possible" 1 INTRODUCTION Seafarers, as personnel in other industries, have in recent decades experienced increasing work pressure. Fewer persons are to complete more tasks in less time (Österman and Hult, 2016), on shorter sea passages and rapid turnaround (Hetherington et al, 2006) without added resources (Lappalainen, 2016).…”

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“…Seafarers are also required to perform documentation "essentially outside their primary functions of ensuring safe and efficient sailing" (Silos et al, 2012). It can lead to stress and exhaustion, particularly because it is viewed as unnecessary and disproportionate (Österman and Hult, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As core tasks are plenty, the added bureaucracy is not welcomed by the seafarers. Administration can lead to fatigue and increase risk (Silos et al, 2012, Österman andHult, 2016). Loading and discharging situations are described as work intensive, including increased bureaucracy for each port, and no possibility for rest or going off duty in these situations.…”

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Production and protection. Seafarers’ handling of pressure in gemeinschaft and gesellshaft

Størkersen¹,

Laiou²,

Nævestad³

et al. 2018

Safety and Reliability – Safe Societies in a Changing World

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Seafarers experience conflicting objectives of production and protection in most operations. This study explores how seafarers deal with such pressures, through an analysis of interview data from 20 seafarers working on Norwegian-and Greek-controlled coastal and international passenger and cargo vessels of different sizes. Despite the various contexts, the results show similar conflicting objectives and pressure handling. The pressure is experienced differently, however, due to diverse organizational relations. Seafarers on the large vessels in large companies describe businesslike relations (gesellshaft) and direct efficiency pressures from superiors. Seafarers on the smaller vessels in small companies contrastingly report of close relations (gemeinschaft), devotion to the company and thus an internal wish to be efficient.

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Administrative burdens and over-exertion in Swedish short sea shipping

Cited by 30 publications

References 19 publications

Safety climate and compliance in the Norwegian aquaculture industry—employees’ perceptions at different company levels

Safety climate and compliance in the Norwegian aquaculture industry—employees’ perceptions at different company levels

Follow-up of citations of maritime epidemiological injury studies

Production and protection. Seafarers’ handling of pressure in gemeinschaft and gesellshaft

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