Fatigued for safety?: supply chain occupational health and safety initiatives in shipping/ created by Syamantak Bhattacharya and Lijun Tang

By:

Bhattacharya, Syamantak [author]

Contributor(s):

Tang, Lijun [co author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Economic and industrial democracy ; Volume 34, number 3Los Angleles: Sage, 2013Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISSN:

0143831X

Subject(s):

Health and safety work -- Employee participation -- Multinational companies

LOC classification:

HD5650 EID

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Abstract: This article investigates impacts of supply chain occupational health and safety initiatives, utilizing the case of Oil Majors’ involvement in inspecting/regulating shipboard health and safety. It reveals that while supply chain pressure has made a contribution in improving ship safety, seafarers are denied participation in the management of occupational health and safety. Instead, Oil Majors effectively pass their pressure through ship managers down to seafarers and force them to silently comply. Among the consequences are work intensification and fatigue leading to a skewed impact on seafarers’ health and safety. This article suggests that supply chain pressure cannot be an adequate substitute for what an organized workforce can achieve through effective participation in the management of workplace health and safety.

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This article investigates impacts of supply chain occupational health and safety initiatives, utilizing the case of Oil Majors’ involvement in inspecting/regulating shipboard health and safety. It reveals that while supply chain pressure has made a contribution in improving ship safety, seafarers are denied participation in the management of occupational health and safety. Instead, Oil Majors effectively pass their pressure through ship managers down to seafarers and force them to silently comply. Among the consequences are work intensification and fatigue leading to a skewed impact on seafarers’ health and safety. This article suggests that supply chain pressure cannot be an adequate substitute for what an organized workforce can achieve through effective participation in the management of workplace health and safety.

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