Blar i UiS Brage på emneord "safety"
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A discussion of Basel II and operational risk in context of risk perspectives
(Conference object, 2014-03)The Basel II Capital Accord, established in 2007, provides guidelines on management of operational risk including requirements for regulatory capital. In the quantitative analysis of operational risk the guidelines require ... -
A Resilience Engineering Approach for Preventing Accidents due to Human Factors
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-14)Human factors are emerging as the main concern for the oil and gas industry. All the major accidents in the offshore industry will have a direct cause or some way or the other linked to the human factors. The main aim of ... -
A risk-based study of safety barriers in multicultural work environments
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-ISØP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-14)11 of 13 studies show that foreign employees are about 1,6 to 13 times more often injured in occupational accidents compared to Norwegian employees. Even though, both national and non-national employees are involved in ... -
Analysemetodikk i forbindelse med terrorisme - bruk eller ikke bruk av sannsynlighet
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-16)Terrorangrepet i New York 11. september 2001, bombingen av regjeringskvartalet og massakren på Utøya 22. juli 2011, samt gisseltakingen på In Amenas gassanlegg i Algerie er blant flere hendelser som har skapt økt fokus på ... -
Brukerinvolvering, kvalitet og sikkerhet-en case-studie i en hjemmetjeneste
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HV/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-11)Helsemyndighetene forventer brukerinvolvering i helse- og omsorgstjenestene. Det forventes at tjenestene skal utvikles sammen med pasienten, brukere og deres pårørende. Brukerne skal få større innflytelse over egen hverdag, ... -
Comparison of safety factor approach and the risk-based approach
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)Safety is at the Centre of most human endeavor. The safer a system, process, technology, or service is the easier and faster it gets embraced by the people. In order to ensure the safety of people, environment and the asset ... -
Control of safety barriers through maintenance system
(Master thesis, 2014-06)Measures used to reduce the likelihood of hazardous events and limit the consequences of major accidents are generally referred to the term ‘safety barriers’. There are challenging to identify due to the wide variability ... -
Developing an Early Warning Tool for Use in Risk Management and Decision-Making
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-15)This thesis is written in light of recent concerns in the Norwegian petroleum industry about increased risk exposure and lowered safety due to the cost cutting measures implemented in the last few years. The objective was ... -
Development of a framework for application of Bayesian networks in fire safety engineering in Denmark
(Master thesis, 2014-07-28)Studies have found that deterministic performance-based fire safety design leads to unnecessary high safety levels in buildings in Denmark. Other studies have described that prescribed fire safety regulations leads to ... -
Et kulturelt puslespill – En kvalitativ analyse av sikkerhetskultur i relasjon til skoleskyting
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-ISØP/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06)Flere nærliggende land har i nyere tid opplevd skoleskyting og enkelte hevder det kun er et tidsspørsmål før en lignende hendelse skjer i Norge. Skoleskyting er av den grunn en tematikk skoler må forholde seg til. Samtidig ... -
Før skuddene: Skoleskyting i et samfunnssikkerhetsperspektiv
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-07)I denne oppgaven drøftes det om safety litteratur kan anvendes forebyggende på skoleskyting. Følgende problemstilling skal besvares: Er det mulig å anvende safety teori forebyggende på security baserte fenomener som ... -
Labour migration : language problems and occupational safety
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2010;, Master thesis, 2010)Citizens of Central and Eastern Europe, very often called ‘cheap labor force’, turned out to be a gift for a quickly developing Norwegian economy in recent years. That is why immigration from those countries was the ... -
Operatørselskapene i petroleumssektoren sitt syn på sikringskultur: Bruk eller ikke bruk av begrepet sikringskultur
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-15)Et endret risikobilde i Norge samt en rekke alvorlige hendelser internasjonalt og nasjonalt, har medført til et økt fokus på sikring og risiko for intenderte uønskede hendelser i petroleumssektoren og samfunnet forøvrig. ... -
Oppdragsrelatert risikovurdering i politiet: Hvilken metodikk egner seg best?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05-19)Debatten om hvilken metodikk som egner seg best for risikovurderinger har pågått noen år i Norge. Dette har avstedkommet mange artikler og det er utgitt to norske standarder om temaet. Det eksisterer imidlertid få artikler ... -
Preventing high-potential incidents: A case study of effective organizational measures and learning processes in the aftermath of hydrocarbon leaks
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)According to the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA, 2017), the safety trend within the oil and gas industry is moving in the wrong direction with regard to high-potential incidents. In order to achieve a positive ... -
Production versus safety in a risky competitive industry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)Each of two firms has a resource that can be converted into safety versus productive investment in the first stage, with Bertrand competition on price in the second stage of a two-stage game. The firms produce differentiated ... -
Production, safety, exchange, and risk
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Two agents convert resources into safety investment and production while exchanging goods voluntarily. Safety investment ensures reduction of costly risk. High unit cost of safety effort reduces both productive effort ... -
Re-visiting the Piper Alpha accident
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06-16)The main objective of this thesis has been to re-visit the Piper Alpha accident using the latest version of the FLACS simulation code. In 1988/89 simulations of the gas explosion in the C Module of Piper Alpha were performed ... -
The relation between trust, leadership, safety and culture : a comparison of Seawell employees on the UK and Norwegian Continental Shelves
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2008, Master thesis, 2008)It is assumed that the world is getting more and more interconnected and that the business world is becoming increasingly global. To what extend this evolution will influence values and practices in organizations and ... -
Risikotilnærming i Stavanger kommune – enhetlig praksis eller oppstykket og tilfeldig?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-10-22)Risikobildet i Norge har hatt en endring i løpet av de siste årene, og hendelser både i Norge og i verden har medført et større fokus på både safety og security. På den ene siden har vi ekstremvær som flom og kraftige ...