Coordinating the ISM Code and OHSAS procedures to improve the occupational health and safety at sea


Gul S., Kabak Ö., Topcu Y. İ.

JOURNAL OF MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS, cilt.27, ss.286-303, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 27
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/mcda.1710
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, ABI/INFORM, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, INSPEC, zbMATH
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.286-303
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: DEMATEL, ISM Code, network relations map, OHSAS 18001, safety at sea, shipping industry, INTEGRATED DEMATEL, MANAGEMENT-SYSTEMS, FUZZY DEMATEL, ANP, MODEL, ACCIDENTS, SELECTION, EVALUATE, PERFORMANCE, CRITERIA
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

An occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) is a set of people, resources, and policies interacting in an organized way to reduce damage and losses generated in the workplace. Although there are various OHSMSs in the shipping industry, the International Safety Management (ISM) Code which is managed by the International Maritime Organization is mandatory for all shipping companies. Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) 18,001:2007 is a good alternative to strengthen the implementation performance of the ISM Code. An integrated ISM-OHSAS safety system can potentially construct a more powerful and practical OHSMS by redesigning safety procedures in ships as a workplace. This study aims to build a more comprehensive OHSMS for assessing and improving the safety at sea by coordinating the constituents of the ISM Code and OHSAS. The criteria sets of both systems are analysed using a Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory approach to reveal the relations between each other. The result of the proposed approach that represents the connections among important safety constituents may be very useful especially for shipping companies for designing their safety management processes.