A systematic review of safety violations in industry

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 739-754

  Alper, Samuel J ^a   Karsh, Ben Tzion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumvention; Macroergonomics; Non compliance; System safety; Violation; Work around

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMVENTION; MACROERGONOMICS; NON-COMPLIANCE; SYSTEM SAFETY; VIOLATION; WORK-AROUND;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MINING; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349214644     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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