For whom does safety pay? The case of major accidents

Safety Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 143-153

  Hopkins, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catastrophic hazards; Health and safety; Motivation; Safety pays

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH HAZARDS;

CATASTROPHIC HAZARDS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; COST; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LEARNING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033166834     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(99)00017-X     Document Type: Article

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