Evaluation of occupational safety and health in surface mines

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1016-1024

  Ural, Suphi ^a   Demirkol, Sitki ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ministry of Labor and Social Security   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accident ratio; Incidence rate; Occupational safety; Surface mines; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BLASTING; HEALTH CARE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENT RATIO; INCIDENCE RATES; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SURFACE MINES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 44649147668     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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