Human errors in fatal and serious occupational accidents in finland

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 980-988

  Salminen, Simo ^a   Tallberg, Tuija ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; Knowledge based errors; Rule based errors; Skill based errors; Work experience

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ERRORS; JOB ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL;

FINLAND; HUMAN ERRORS; KNOWLEDGE BASED ERRORS; RULE BASED ERRORS; SKILL BASED ERRORS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; EXPERIENCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKILL; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0030200812     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964518     Document Type: Article

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