Workplace and organisational factors in accident analysis within the Food Industry

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 626-635

  Jacinto, C ^a,b   Canoa, M ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accident analysis and statistics; Eurostat variables; Food Industry; Occupational accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS; ACCIDENT DATUM; ACCIDENT MECHANISMS; ACCIDENTS AT WORKS; CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES; EUROSTAT VARIABLES; FOOD INDUSTRY; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS; ORGANISATIONAL FACTORS; PORTUGAL; RECORDING SYSTEMS; UNDERLYING FACTORS; WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENTS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 61849097377     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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