Development of a relative risk model for roof and side fall fatal accidents in underground coal mines in India

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1068-1076

  Maiti, J ^a   Khanzode, Vivek V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Log linear model; Monte carlo simulation; Relative risk; Relative risk distribution; Roof and side fall accidents; Safety measure effectiveness

Indexed keywords

LOG-LINEAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RELATIVE RISK; RELATIVE RISK DISTRIBUTION; SAFETY MEASURE EFFECTIVENESS;

ACCIDENTS; BENCHMARKING; CIVIL DEFENSE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MINE ROOF CONTROL; MINES; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOFS; SIMULATORS;

COAL MINES;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; FATALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 67349144254     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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