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Author Binkley, Marian Elizabeth, 1950- author.

Title Risks, dangers, and rewards in the Nova Scotia offshore fishery / Marian Binkley
Published Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, [1995]
©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 192 pages) : illustrations, map
Series CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical considerations -- 3. Working conditions -- 4. The social context : wives and families -- 5. Job satisfaction -- 6. Trading off wages and nonmonetary benefits -- 7. Counting the dangers -- 8. The stress and strain of fishing -- 9. Safety awareness -- 10. Toward a safer fishery
Summary "According to Labour Canada, workers in the offshore fishery are more likely to be injured than workers in mining, construction, or forestry. Yet until recently these casualties at sea have been largely ignored by government and labour organizations. In this comprehensive evaluation of the Nova Scotia offshore fishery Marian Binkley documents the level of risk and assesses the general health and stress level of workers in the industry. She considers shipboard working environment; stress; accidents, injuries, and general health; safety awareness; job satisfaction and family life; and the impact on working conditions of government resource policies and companies' scientific management strategies." "Using statistical analysis, participant observation, surveys, and interviews, Binkley establishes that factors such as technological developments, management changes, and home and community life affect the immediate work experience of fishers and can increase the dangers of an already hazardous occupation"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-187) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Fishers -- Health and hygiene -- Nova Scotia
Fishers -- Wounds and injuries -- Nova Scotia
Fishers -- Job stress -- Nova Scotia
Fisheries -- Accidents -- Nova Scotia
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Health & Safety.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Fisheries & Aquaculture.
Fisheries -- Accidents
Fishers -- Health and hygiene
Gesundheit
Arbeitsunfall
Fischer
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773565456
0773565450
1282853449
9781282853447
9786612853449
6612853441