题名: |
DOES SAFETY HAVE TO BE REGULATORY? |
作者: |
Morton-E |
关键词: |
Fishing-; Fishing-vessels; Maritime-industry; Maritime-safety; Occupational-safety; Risk-assessment; Risk-management; United-States; United-States-Coast-Guard; Work-environment |
摘要: |
Based on recommendations of its Fishing Vessel Safety Task Force, the U.S. Coast Guard developed a Fishing Safety Action Plan. The cornerstones of the Plan are to request legislative authority to require Dockside Exams and to change the regulations to require at least 1 person onboard a fishing vessel to attend a formal training course on safety and conducting drills. It will take 2-5 years to implement enforceable regulations. Until then, there are many ways to improve the safety of the fleet in a non-regulatory manner. These include a focused risk assessment and increased interaction with fishermen. Because fishermen often accept risk with a fatalistic attitude, that it is the life they have chosen and there is little they can do about it, the Coast Guard must develop a systematic approach that fishermen can use to identify the risks they face everyday and create appropriate strategies to mitigate these risks. This article focuses on Coast Guard efforts to encourage this type of willing and voluntary compliance with risk assessment/management initiatives in the fishing industry. |
总页数: |
Marine Safety Council Proceedings. 2001/04. 58(2) pp34-36 (1 Phot., 5 Ref.) |
报告类型: |
科技报告 |