Risk management programme for occupational safety and health in surface mining operations

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 620-638

  Komljenovic, Dragan ^a,c,d,e,f,g   Kecojevic, Vladislav ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec   (Canada)

^f Society of Reliability Engineers   (Canada)

^g Canadian Nuclear Society   (Canada)

^h Canadian Nuclear Society ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational safety and health; Risk assessment; Risk management; Surface mining

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547627637     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2007.014090     Document Type: Article

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