Occupational safety and health in the aquaculture industry – a global review
Report: Occupational health and safety in the aquaculture industry – a global review.
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This report, commissioned by Lloyd’s Register Foundation and authored by Colin Pilbeam from Cranfield University and Nektarios Karanikas from Queensland University of Technology, provides recommendations for the efficient contextualisation of health and safety interventions across a range of industries.
Workplace health and safety (H&S) is a significant global issue. Around 500 million people each year are adversely affected by work-related injuries and illnesses, while the number of daily workplace fatalities runs into the thousands.
One explanation for these alarming statistics may lie in the way safety interventions are introduced and implemented in different contexts. Misalignment between interventions and context increases the possibility of failure with adverse consequences. Where interventions 'fit' the context, safety performance is high.
There is a clear requirement to minimise harm and maximise worker wellbeing in the workplace, a change that can be driven by the implementation of context-appropriate safety interventions. However, the degree to which organisations and occupational H&S researchers and trainers contemplate contextualisation processes, and the variables that influence these processes, when sourcing, designing and implementing safety interventions is unclear and may account for the lack of success observed for some interventions.
In this report we attempt to address this knowledge gap and present the findings of our investigation into whether and how researchers, trainers, and organisations consider contextual factors in safety interventions.
The report includes several recommendations to ensure the efficient contextualisation of health and safety interventions across a range of industries, including how to improve workplace H&S training – the most common intervention – and its implementation:
Link to report: Designing safety interventions for specific contexts