Accidents: A discrepancy between indicators and facts!

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1067-1077

  Korvers P M W ^a   Sonnemans, P J M ^b  

^a SABIC Europe   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accident; Database; Learning organisation; Prevention; Risk analysis; Safety indicator

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; LEAD; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS HANDLING; WEIGHT CONTROL;

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (BOK); ELSEVIER (CO); HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS; PROCESS INDUSTRIES (PI); SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (SMS); WARNING SIGNALS;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; DATA BASE; INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 45249100417     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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