Identification, analysis and dissemination of information on near misses: A case study in the construction industry

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-99

  Cambraia, Fabricio Borges ^a   Saurin, Tarcisio Abreu ^a   Formoso, Carlos Torres ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Incident reporting systems; Near misses; Performance measurement; Safety management

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEMS; NEAR MISSES; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL FEATURES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FEEDBACK; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70349868221     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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