Incorporating human factors into a simplified "bow-tie" approach for workplace risk assessment

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-156

  Targoutzidis, Antonis ^a  

^a ELINYAE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Human error; Human factors; Risk assessment; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

AFFECTING FACTORS; BOW TIE; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; HUMAN ERROR; HUMAN FACTORS; METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS; NUMERICAL COEFFICIENTS; RISK TAKING; SMALL SCALE; THEORETICAL ACCURACY; WORKPLACE RISK ASSESSMENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ERRORS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 70449527454     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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