Risk perception by offshore workers on UK oil and gas platforms

Safety Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 131-145

  Flin, Rhona ^a   Mearns, Kathryn ^a   Gordon, Rachael ^a   Fleming, Mark ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CALCULATIONS; HAZARDS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; SURVEYS;

OFFSHORE WORKERS; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY LEGISLATION; SUBJECTIVE JUDGEMENTS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; WORKER;

EID: 0030083094     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-7535(96)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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