Injuries in U.S. mining operations - A preliminary risk analysis

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 792-801

  Komljenovic, Dragan ^a   Groves, William A ^b   Kecojevic, Vladislav J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Injuries; Mining; Risk analysis; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA REDUCTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CONTROL STRATEGIES; MINING INJURIES;

RISK ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; MINER; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44049098780     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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