Development and test of a sociotechnical model for accident/injury occurrences in underground coalmines

Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-53

  Paul, P S ^a   Maiti, J ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GEOLOGY; HAZARDS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

MINE ACCIDENTS; SOCIOTECHNICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNDERGROUND COALMINES;

COAL MINES;

EID: 15844363879     PISSN: 0038223X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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