<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Reform of the Chinese petroleum industry has entered its second phase since early 1999. The productivity of the petroleum industry has been greatly improved, while the safety performance and records are not satisfactory. This paper investigates the critical factors for improving safety performance in the Chinese petroleum industry. The data used for the analysis are from a questionnaire survey administered to 480 professionals in the petroleum industry in which 143 valid responses were received. Statistical analysis techniques are used to analyze the data collected. The findings revealed that the most significant source of the safety problem is due to the combination of several reasons, including (a) violation on operating procedures, (b) obsolete facilities and equipment failures, (c) insufficient safety management system, (d) improper commands, number of casualties, and (e) production performances and operating skills. The three most essential protective methods include safety training and increasing staff’s safety consciousness, cultivating safety culture, and enhancing equipment management and detecting hazards in time.</p></abstract>

Reform of the Chinese petroleum industry has entered its second phase since early 1999. The productivity of the petroleum industry has been greatly improved, while the safety performance and records are not satisfactory. This paper investigates the critical factors for improving safety performance in the Chinese petroleum industry. The data used for the analysis are from a questionnaire survey administered to 480 professionals in the petroleum industry in which 143 valid responses were received. Statistical analysis techniques are used to analyze the data collected. The findings revealed that the most significant source of the safety problem is due to the combination of several reasons, including (a) violation on operating procedures, (b) obsolete facilities and equipment failures, (c) insufficient safety management system, (d) improper commands, number of casualties, and (e) production performances and operating skills. The three most essential protective methods include safety training and increasing staff’s safety consciousness, cultivating safety culture, and enhancing equipment management and detecting hazards in time.

Evaluation of workplace safety performance in the Chinese petroleum industry

School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics

Chongqing University of Science and Technology

School of Construction Management and Real Estate, International Research Centre for Sustainable Built Environment

Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal

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Reform of the Chinese petroleum industry has entered its second phase since early 1999. The productivity of the petroleum industry has been greatly improved,...

Evaluation of workplace safety performance in the Chinese petroleum industry

Article Category: Case Study

Pubblicato online: 08 mar 2019

Pagine: 1904 - 1910

Ricevuto: 01 apr 2018

Accettato: 21 nov 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/otmcj-2018-0013

Parole chiave
safety factors, protective methods, correlation analysis, petroleum industry, safety management

© 2019 Mingxue Ma et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Evaluation of workplace safety performance in the Chinese petroleum industry

Article Category: Case Study

Pubblicato online: 08 mar 2019

Pagine: 1904 - 1910

Ricevuto: 01 apr 2018

Accettato: 21 nov 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/otmcj-2018-0013

Parole chiavesafety factors, protective methods, correlation analysis, petroleum industry, safety management

© 2019 Mingxue Ma et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Parole chiave
safety factors, protective methods, correlation analysis, petroleum industry, safety management