The prevention of occupational injuries in two industrial plants using an incident reporting scheme

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 479-486

  Nielsen, Kent J ^a   Carstensen, Ole ^a   Rasmussen, Kurt ^a  

^a HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Incident reporting scheme; Near misses; Occupational injuries; Occupational safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FEEDBACK; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

INCIDENT REPORTING SCHEME; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVENTION STUDY; METALLURGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DENMARK; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; METALLURGY; RISK MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33845243602     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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