Accident in a French dynamite factory: An example of an organisational investigation

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-90

  Le Coze, Jean christophe ^a  

^a Parc Technologique ALATA   (France)

Author keywords

Accident investigation; Explosion; Organisational models

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; CURRENT TRENDS; DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; HUMAN FACTORS; KEY ACTORS; KEY DIMENSIONS; ORGANISATIONAL FACTORS; ORGANISATIONAL MODELS; SAFETY AUDITING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SEVESO II; TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS; TIME FRAME;

ACCIDENTS; DAMAGE DETECTION; EXPLOSIVES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EXPLOSIONS;

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; EXPLOSION RISK; FRANCE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OPERATOR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70349864885     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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