dc.contributor.advisor | Marsden, Guy | en |
dc.contributor.author | Sutton, Karen | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-21T15:59:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-21T15:59:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sutton, K. (2008) A comparative study of how the National Park Services in the United States of America and the Republic of Ireland approach health and safety. MSc, Institute of Technology, Sligo. | en |
dc.identifier.other | MSc (Partial Fulfillment) | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/1432 | |
dc.description.abstract | This project is a comparison study of how the United States of America and the
Republic of Ireland park services manage health and safety in their National Parks. The
project looks at the legislation of both countries, how the National Parks approach safety
for both employees and visitors and how the two park service’s record incidents. By
comparing the two countries approach to health and safety at National Parks it should be
possible to discern if one country has a system that is working better than the other
country’s. It then may be possible to use that country’s system as a template for the
other country. By analyzing both systems it may be possible to identify issues in the
current procedures in health and safety that need to be reassessed. Also, on an
international scale the different park services may use this study to adapt their health and
safety programme.
It was found that the two countries approach health and safety in national parks was in a
similar fashion and that the two park services had a system where there was nationallevel
guidelines, duties and procedures set in place, but the main health and safety
decisions were left up to the individual park managers. This approach leads to
variations in how the different parks within the same country approached health and
safety. In both countries safety issues are being reexamined at the park services and
safety guidelines are being revised. This is mainly due to recent changes in safety
legislation. Both of the countries national parks had a low percentage of injuries.
However, both of the park services’ methods of recording visitor numbers and incidents
mean that the data on injuries area not accurate. It is recommended that both countries’
park services improve their recording system so that they are informed as to where to
focus their resources. | en |
dc.format | PDF | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Natural areas -- Safety aspects -- Auditing -- Ireland -- United States. | en |
dc.subject | National monuments -- Safety aspects -- Ireland -- United States. | en |
dc.subject | Quality management. | en |
dc.subject | United States. National Park Service | en |
dc.subject | Ireland. National Park and Wildlife Service | en |
dc.subject | National parks and reserves -- Safety aspects -- Ireland. | en |
dc.subject | National parks and reserves -- Safety aspects -- United States. | en |
dc.title | A comparative study of how the National Park Services in the United States of America and the Republic of Ireland approach health and safety | en |
dc.type | Master thesis (taught) | en |
dc.publisher.institution | Institute of Technology, Sligo | en |
dc.rights.access | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND | en |
dc.subject.department | Environmental Science ITS | en |