Ergonomics, and occupational health and safety in the oil industry: A managers' response

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 223-232

  Shikdar, Ashraf A ^a   Sawaqed, Naseem M ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Environmental conditions; Ergonomics; Occupational health and safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ERGONOMICS; JOB SATISFACTION; MACHINE DESIGN; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

EID: 6344237397     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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