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For whom does safety pay? The case of major accidents

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dc.contributor.authorHopkins, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:22:34Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T09:11:38Z
dc.description.abstractGovernment agencies regularly use the argument that 'safety pays' as a way of motivating employers to attend to occupational health and safety. This paper looks at the effectiveness of this argument in the case of catastrophic hazards. It suggests that, while it may be true that safety pays in an abstract sense, this is irrelevant unless it can be shown that safety pays for relevant decision makers. All too often it does not. The article illustrates its claims by drawing on the literature on the Zeebrugge, Bhopal and Piper Alpha disasters, as well as on a study of a mine disaster in Australia.
dc.identifier.issn0925-7535
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/91518
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceSafety Science
dc.subjectKeywords: Decision making; Health hazards; Catastrophic hazards; Accident prevention; article; cost; decision making; disaster; government; human; information; learning; occupational accident; occupational hazard; occupational safety; priority journal Catastrophic hazards; Health and safety; Motivation; Safety pays
dc.titleFor whom does safety pay? The case of major accidents
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage153
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage143
local.contributor.affiliationHopkins, Andrew, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidHopkins, Andrew, u8601674
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor111705 - Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub22280
local.identifier.citationvolume32
local.identifier.doi10.1016/S0925-7535(99)00017-X
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-0033166834
local.type.statusPublished Version

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