Evaluation of an occupational health and safety management system performance measurement tool—ii: Scoring methods and field study sites

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-40

  Redinger, C F ^a,b   Levine, S P ^b   Blotzer, M J ^c   Majewski, M P ^d,e  

^a Redinger and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Syva Company   (United States)

^e Raychem Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational health and safety management system; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036163323     PISSN: 15428117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428110208984689     Document Type: Article

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