The contribution of human factors to accidents in the offshore oil industry

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 95-108

  Gordon, Rachael P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PERSONNEL; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RELIABILITY; SAFETY FACTOR;

HUMAN ERRORS; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 0032108840     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(98)80003-3     Document Type: Article

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