Designing continuous safety improvement within chemical industrial areas

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 578-590

  Reniers, G L L ^a   Ale, B J M ^b   Dullaert, W ^a   Soudan, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemical industry; Cluster safety; Collaborative safety management; Cross company safety procedures; Safety culture; Safety Management System; Site integrated safety

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER SAFETY; COLLABORATIVE SAFETY MANAGEMENT; CROSS-COMPANY SAFETY PROCEDURES; SAFETY CULTURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; SITE-INTEGRATED SAFETY;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 61549115350     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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