Understanding of occupational health and safety risk control in small business construction firms: Barriers to implementing technological controls

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 217-226

  Lingard, H ^a   Holmes, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Occupational health and safety; Risk control; Small business

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE;

CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; RISK CONTROLS; SMALL BUSINESS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HEALTH AND SAFETY; REGULATORY APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035282169     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190010002570     Document Type: Article

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