Assessment of Safety Culture in Global Offshore Environments

Jagadeesh Kilaparthi

Department of Geography, Environment and Society, Coventry University, Coventry, UK.

DOI: 10.4236/jep.2014.511101                

Abstract

This project aims at presenting detailed assessment of health and safety culture in global offshore environments. Such assessment will be then utilized for developing and recommending a model capable of integrating safety behaviour and culture in global offshore environments. The global offshore environment is a quite wider term and therefore underlying study has specified and narrowed it down to the oil and gas industry. In other words, the discussion of health and safety culture is done in light of oil and gas industry and its environment. The proposed model “incident-free and low-risk contracting model” aims at fostering health and safety culture in oil and gas environments. It is worth mentioning that implementation of model requires effective support and collaboration between trade unions, industry associations, employers, and government agencies. The objectives of the proposed model will be identified in terms of Fostering sound leadership, Gaining management commitment, Gaining support and involvement of workforce, Reducing risk instances, Accident reduction objective.

Keywords

Health and Safety Culture, Offshore Environment, Oil and Gas Environment

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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