The relationship between workers’ safety culture and accidents, near accidents and health problems

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-33

  Milczarek, Małgorzata ^a   Najmiec, Andrzej ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Safety behaviour; Workers safety culture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY;

EID: 1842830678     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2004.11076592     Document Type: Article

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