Safety climate factors and its relationship with accidents and personal attributes in the chemical industry

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 659-667

  Vinodkumar, M N ^a   Bhasi, M ^b  

^a School of Engineering   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Safety climate; Safety in chemical industry; Safety management; Safety perceptions; Safety performance

Indexed keywords

SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY IN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY PERCEPTIONS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTS; BOATS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMPLOYEE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JOB EXPERIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPERVISOR; WORKER;

EID: 61549089680     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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