Accident analysis of two Turkish underground coal mines

Safety Science

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 675-690

  Sari, M ^a   Duzgun, H S B ^a   Karpuz, C ^a   Selcuk, A S ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Frequency distribution; Hypothesis testing; Underground coal mining

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ENERGY RESOURCES; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

ACCIDENT RECORDS; UNDERGROUND COAL MINES;

COAL MINES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COAL MINING; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORKER;

EID: 3042561734     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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