The impact of prevention measures and organisational factors on occupational injuries

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1369-1384

  Arocena, Pablo ^a   Núñez, Imanol ^a   Villanueva, Mikel ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Occupational safety; Organisational factors; Prevention management

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SPREADSHEETS;

OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANISATIONAL FACTORS; PREVENTION MANAGEMENT;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 50849144854     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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