The role of safety culture in explaining work accidents

Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference 2006, ESREL 2006 - Safety and Reliability for Managing Risk

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 751-757

  Barao S M ^a   Silva, S A ^a   Lima, M L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RELIABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CASE STUDIES; CHEMICAL COMPANIES; CRITICAL FUNCTIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNINGS; PORTUGAL; PREVENTION MEASURES; SAFETY CULTURES; SAFETY PRACTICES; TRAUMATIC EVENTS; WORK ACCIDENTS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; INDUSTRY;

CHEMICAL COMPANIES; CRITICAL FUNCTIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PORTUGAL; PREVENTION MEASURES; SAFETY CULTURE; SAFETY PRACTICES; TRAUMATIC EVENTS; WORK ACCIDENTS;

EID: 44649183612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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