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ISSN 2083-6473
ISSN 2083-6481 (electronic version)
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Prof. Tomasz Neumann
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TransNav, Faculty of Navigation
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Human Factors and Safety Culture in Maritime Safety (revised)
1 Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Salzgitter, Germany
ABSTRACT: As in every industry at risk, the human and organizational factors constitute the main stakes for maritime safety. Furthermore, several events at sea have been used to develop appropriate risk models. The investigation on maritime accidents is, nowadays, a very important tool to identify the problems related to human factor and can support accident prevention and the improvement of maritime safety. Part of this investigation should in future also be near misses. Operation of ships is full of regulations, instructions and guidelines also addressing human factors and safety culture to enhance safety. However, even though the roots of a safety culture have been established, there are still serious barriers to the breakthrough of the safety management. One of the most common deficiencies in the case of maritime transport is the respective monitoring and documentation usually lacking of adequacy and excellence. Nonetheless, the maritime area can be exemplified from other industries where activities are ongoing to foster and enhance safety culture.
KEYWORDS: Maritime Safety, Maritime Transportation, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Maritime Safety Culture, Investigation on Maritime Accidents, Safety Performance, Human Factor (HF)
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Citation note:
Berg H.P.: Human Factors and Safety Culture in Maritime Safety (revised). TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, Vol. 7, No. 3, doi:10.12716/1001.07.03.04, pp. 343-352, 2013
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