Causes of occupational accidents in the fishing sector in Portugal

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 885-899

  Antao P ^a   Almeida, T ^a   Jacinto, C ^a,b   Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Active failures; Fishing industry; Risk; Root causes; Workplace accidents

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FISHERIES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; ACTIVE FAILURES; FISHING INDUSTRY; WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHERMAN; FISHING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 44649184580     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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