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home / centre for automotive safety research / Publications / List / Details Publication Details| Title | Compliance and Enforcement in Road Safety and Work Health and Safety: A Comparison | | Authors | Bailey TJ, Woolley JE, Raftery SJ | | Year | 2015 | | Type | Journal Article | | Abstract | Previously in road safety and work health and safety (WHS), compliance and enforcement focussed on individual responsibility, but now both fields are moving towards system-wide, integrated approaches. Other commonalties include referring to incidents rather than accidents and preferring proactive responses to reactive ones. In both fields there is a tendency to normalise levels of risk and their approaches to risk control share many similarities. A literature review and workplace interviews helped compare compliance and enforcement approaches in WHS and road safety with reference to a hierarchical model of such approaches commonly used in WHS. Comparisons were made for: the use of rewards and incentives; inspection and auditing programs; making full use of violation data; looking beyond traditional regulatory solutions to compliance and enforcement; and the applicability of the model in both fields. These comparisons may assist in determining if current WHS policies and practices to compliance and enforcement are appropriately balanced. | | Journal Title | Journal of Health, Safety and Environment | | Journal Volume (Issue) | 31(2) |
| Reference | | Bailey TJ, Woolley JE, Raftery SJ (2015). Compliance and Enforcement in Road Safety and Work Health and Safety: A Comparison. Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, 31(2). |
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