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The role of safety culture in safety performance measurement

Pedro M. Arezes (Pedro Arezes is Assistant Professor at the Human Engineering Group in School of Engineering of University of Minho in Portugal. He holds a PhD in Production Engineering and is author of about 30 journal papers and international conference proceedings. He is involved in several research projects in the Ergonomics and Health and Safety domain. E‐mail: parezes@dps.uminho.pt)
A. Sérgio Miguel (A. Sérgio Miguel is an invited Full Professor of Industrial Health and Safety at the Human Engineering Group of the University of Minho in Portugal. He has authored more than 100 scientific papers in international journals and proceedings. He is a member of the editorial board of two international journals in the Health and Safety domain and leader of several projects in this area. He is also an industry consultant and, presently, the President of the North Section of the Portuguese Engineers Association (OE). E‐mail: asmiguel@dps.uminho.pt)

Measuring Business Excellence

ISSN: 1368-3047

Article publication date: 1 December 2003

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Abstract

The emergence of implementation and certification of structured management systems, such as the occupational health and safety management system, implies that companies should be able to measure the results and achievements from such implementation. This paper focuses on the description and comparison of the traditional indicators of health and safety performance and the use of different safety performance indicators, such as the companies’ safety culture. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the safety measurement performance process and analyze what is the potential role of safety culture in this process.

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Arezes, P.M. and Sérgio Miguel, A. (2003), "The role of safety culture in safety performance measurement", Measuring Business Excellence, Vol. 7 No. 4, pp. 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1108/13683040310509287

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