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Il Pos: artefatti che (dis)organizzano la sicurezza
Journal Title: STUDI ORGANIZZATIVI  
Author/s: Silvia Doria 
Year:  2015 Issue: 1 Language: Italian 
Pages:  24 Pg. 76-93 FullText PDF:  229 KB
DOI:  10.3280/SO2015-001004
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The paper proposes a reflection on the issue of safety at work through the operational plan of safety (Pos), a textual artefact provided by the legislature as a tool aimed to collect the various measures of prevention and safety to be taken in a specific context of work. Through ethnographic observation of some urban construction sites and the shadowing of site managers, the paper explore the complex, controversial and problematic nature of the POS. This document must respect the PSC (Safety Plan and Coordination) and it has to be translated into the POS and be able to travel to the sites. The research shows a particular critical issue: it’s often written through the practice of "copy and paste". The observation of several critical issues related to POS provides interesting insights about the complex process of translating safety into practice, where workplace safety itself can no longer be considered only as a situation where "the official documents are ok".
Keywords: Safety, everyday working practices, textual artifact, Operational plan of safety, prevention, ethnography

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Silvia Doria, in "STUDI ORGANIZZATIVI " 1/2015, pp. 76-93, DOI:10.3280/SO2015-001004

   

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