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Work-Related Accidents in the Maritime Transport Sector

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2007

Julio Louro Rodríguez*
Affiliation:
(Captain, Spanish Merchant Navy)
José Ángel Fraguela Formoso
Affiliation:
(University of A Coruña)

Abstract

This article is partially based on the Doctoral thesis (Reference 1) entitled (in English) Working aboard and job-related accidents: Health and safety conditions on merchant vessel. Divided into four sections, the paper includes: issues relating to legislation, an analysis of accidents, the research that has been done about accidents and risk factors for falling on board. The main causes of accidents are examined. Moreover, conclusions are drawn by analysing work-related accidents in the Spanish maritime transport sector through a study covering the period between 1999 and 2003. The text was updated in 2004, with the latest official data, figures which may be equally applicable to the maritime sector throughout the European Union.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2007

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References

REFERENCES

1.Doctoral thesis: “Trabajo a bordo y siniestralidad laboral: condiciones de Seguridad y Salud en los buques mercantes”. Julio Louro. 2006.Google Scholar
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