Changes in safety climate and accidents at two identical manufacturing plants

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 440-449

  Nielsen, K J ^a   Rasmussen, K ^a   Glasscock, D ^a   Spangenberg, S ^b  

^a HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Occupational accidents; Safety climate; Self reported injuries

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFE HANDLING;

OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS; SAFETY CLIMATE; SELF REPORTED INJURIES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

EID: 38949103670     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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