Organisational safety indicators: some conceptual considerations and a supplementary qualitative approach.

Trond Kongsvik; Petter Almklov; Jørn Fenstad

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Organisational safety indicators: some conceptual considerations and a supplementary qualitative approach.

October 6, 2010

Kongsvik T, Almklov P, Fenstad J. Saf Sci. 2010;48(10).

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This article discusses the limitations of organizational safety indicators and describes the Operational Safety Condition method and how this qualitative approach can be used in organizational learning.

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