Safety rules and regulations on mine sites - The problem and a solution

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-50

  Laurence, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident causation; Awareness; Compliance; Effective mine rules; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SAFETY FACTOR; SITE SELECTION;

ACCIDENT CAUSATION; AWARENESS; EFFECTIVE MINE RULES; MINE RULES; SAFETY CULTURE; SAFETY RULES;

MINES;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 14544301384     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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