Fishermens blues: Factors related to accidents and safety among Newfoundland fishermen

Murray, Michael; Fitzpatrick, Donald G.; O’Connell, Colleen

doi:10.1080/02678379708256842

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“…As Sen (1999:62) It is people's capacity to put up with hardship that may foster resilience and, as such, they risk a reduction in well-being that needs to be considered. The adjustment of aspirations or resigned acceptance of misfortune (Sen 1990) also fits with the fatalistic view of life, which is frequently documented in fisheries society more generally (Marr 1981, Binkley 1995a, Murray et al 1997, Pollnac et al 1998). …”

Section: The Problem Of Adaptive Preferencessupporting

confidence: 53%

Can We Be Both Resilient and Well, and What Choices Do People Have? Incorporating Agency into the Resilience Debate from a Fisheries Perspective.

Coulthard¹

2012

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In the midst of a global fisheries crisis, there has been great interest in the fostering of adaptation and resilience in fisheries, as a means to reduce vulnerability and improve the capacity of fishing society to adapt to change. However, enhanced resilience does not automatically result in improved well-being of people, and adaptation strategies are riddled with difficult choices, or trade-offs, that people must negotiate. This paper uses the context of fisheries to explore some apparent tensions between adapting to change on the one hand, and the pursuit of well-being on the other, and illustrates that trade-offs can operate at different levels of scale. It argues that policies that seek to support fisheries resilience need to be built on a better understanding of the wide range of consequences that adaptation has on fisher well-being, the agency people exert in negotiating their adaptation strategies, and how this feeds back into the resilience of fisheries as a social-ecological system. The paper draws from theories on agency and adaptive preferences to illustrate how agency might be better incorporated into the resilience debate

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Section: The Problem Of Adaptive Preferencessupporting

confidence: 53%

Can We Be Both Resilient and Well, and What Choices Do People Have? Incorporating Agency into the Resilience Debate from a Fisheries Perspective.

Coulthard¹

2012

E&S

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“…According to Probst [13] and Probst and Brubaker [14], workers who report high perceptions of job insecurity tend to exhibit decreased safety motivation and compliance with safety procedures. Workers who express more anxiety and stress in the workplace also tend to take fewer precautions and get involved in more injuries and accidents [15,16].…”

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Workers’ Perceptions of Workplace Safety: An African Perspective

Gyekye

2006

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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“…Murray et al interviewed 55 fishers from small communities in Newfoundland, Canada about factors related to injuries and fatalism preceded by high threat perception and anxiety [28].…”

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Gulf of Mexico Seafood Harvesters: Part 3. Potential Occupational Risk Reduction Measures

Myers

Durborow

Kane

2018

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1. Background: Fishers face many occupational hazards that include a high risk of fatal and nonfatal injuries and a variety of adverse health effects. Our purpose is to provide an overview of potential countermeasures for the control of hazards that threaten the health and safety of Gulf of Mexico (GoM) fish harvesters. 2. Method: Search terms were used to identify relevant literature; two previous reviews regarding injuries and health risk factors also inform this review. 3. Results: Countermeasures against these hazards include winch guards, lifting devices, job redesign, non-slip decks and vessel stability controls as well as using personal flotation devices, wearing gloves and high-friction footwear, increasing sleep time and using vessel motion to assist lifting. Knowledge about secondary prevention (such as rescue, first aid and making mayday calls) is also important. Learning through experience is a crucial factor that incorporates other fishers' experiences with innovations. Fatigue and lack of sleep contribute to vessel disasters and injury-related errors. 4. Conclusions: The prevention of injuries and diseases among GoM fishers depends on a combination of focusing on work-processes, instilling a broader safety culture, engineering controls, identifying and sharing fisher innovations, promoting fall overboard prevention and protection and providing culture-based incentives, training and narrative outreach.

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Fishermens blues: Factors related to accidents and safety among Newfoundland fishermen

Cited by 36 publications

References 5 publications

Can We Be Both Resilient and Well, and What Choices Do People Have? Incorporating Agency into the Resilience Debate from a Fisheries Perspective.

Can We Be Both Resilient and Well, and What Choices Do People Have? Incorporating Agency into the Resilience Debate from a Fisheries Perspective.

Workers’ Perceptions of Workplace Safety: An African Perspective

Gulf of Mexico Seafood Harvesters: Part 3. Potential Occupational Risk Reduction Measures

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