Safety behaviors assessment in process industry: A case study in gas refinery

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 298-305

  Fam, I Mohammad ^a   Azadeh, A ^b   Faridan, M ^c   Mahjub, H ^a  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Accidents; Behavior sampling; Process industry; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS;

BEHAVIOR-BASED SAFETIES; CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; GAS REFINERIES; PROCESS INDUSTRIES; SAFETY BEHAVIOR; SAMPLING ACCURACIES; UNSAFE BEHAVIORS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 50949116317     PISSN: 10170669     EISSN: 21517606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10170660809509093     Document Type: Article

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