Beyond compliance : strengthening the safety culture of the offshore oil and gas industry. / Committee on Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Safety Culture [and three others], contributors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Safety Culture, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Offshore oil industry--United States--Safety measures.

Offshore oil industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (51 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, [2016]

Summary:

Beyond Compliance: Strengthening the Safety Culture of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry summarizes recommendations to industry and regulators to strengthen and sustain the safety culture of the offshore oil and gas industry. The committee that prepared the report addresses conceptual challenges in defining safety culture, and discusses the empirical support for the safety culture definition offered by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the nine characteristics or elements of a robust safety culture, methods for assessing company safety culture, and barriers to improving safety culture in the offshore industry. The committee?s report also identifies topics on which further research is needed with respect to assessing, improving, and sustaining safety culture. Download the full report issued in May 2016 or a Report in Brief .

Contents:

Intro

Front Matter

Beyond Compliance: Strengthening the Safety Culture of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry

Foundations for Future Safety Efforts

Characteristics of a Strong Safety Culture

Recommended Actions to Improve Safety Culture

Overcoming the Challenges to Change

Assessment of Progress to Facilitate Improvement

The Safety Culture Journey.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-309-45053-5

OCLC:

1246579788