Advancing A Sociotechnical Systems Approach To Workplace Safety – Developing The Conceptual Framework

Keywords

complexity; sociotechnical system; system interactions; system levels; workplace safety

Abstract

Traditional efforts to deal with the enormous problem of workplace safety have proved insufficient, as they have tended to neglect the broader sociotechnical environment that surrounds workers. Here, we advocate a sociotechnical systems approach that describes the complex multi-level system factors that contribute to workplace safety. From the literature on sociotechnical systems, complex systems and safety, we develop a sociotechnical model of workplace safety with concentric layers of the work system, socio-organisational context and the external environment. The future challenges that are identified through the model are highlighted.

Publication Date

4-3-2015

Publication Title

Ergonomics

Volume

58

Issue

4

Number of Pages

548-564

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2015.1015623

Socpus ID

84928620749 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84928620749

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