Occupational health and safety in mining - Status, new developments, and concerns

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 531-538

  Hermanus, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN FACTORS; MINING STAKEHOLDERS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; SOUTH AFRICAN MINING SECTOR (CO);

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MINING; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 35348824362     PISSN: 22256253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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