EMPLOYEE RISK PERCEPTION RELATED TO OFFSHORE OIL PLATFORM MOVEMENTS

The results presented in this paper are based on a self-completion que stionnaire survey regarding perceived risk and organizational factors conducted among 179 respondents on an offshore oil-installation in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The aims are (1) to measure perceive d risk caused by platform movements, potentially hazardous circumstanc es, and during the conducting of work tasks; (2) to measure employee e valuations of organizational and social factors, and (3) to analyze th e associations between risk perception and the organizational and soci al factors. Ordinary occupational accidents caused the greatest propor tion of respondents who felt unsafe. Perceived risk caused by catastro phes and disasters also created insecurity. The respondents were most satisfied with the status of contingency measures, and especially with the use of personal protective equipment and availability of personal protective equipment. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.