Who learns when workers are trained? A case of safety training of maintenance contractors' workers for a major petrochemical plant shutdown

Process Safety and Environmental Protection: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-51

  Fakhru'l Razi, A ^a   Iyuke, S E ^a   Hassan, M B ^b   Aini, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b PETRONAS CARIGALI SDN BHD   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Education; Knowledge; Plant; Safety training; Training effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; SURVEYS; EDUCATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

SAFETY TRAINING; TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS;

RISK ASSESSMENT; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS;

CONTRACT WORKERS; KNOWLEDGE; SAFETY TRAINING; TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 0141527316     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/095758203762851985     Document Type: Article

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