Construction Job Safety Analysis

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 491-498

  Rozenfeld, Ophir ^a   Sacks, Rafael ^b   Rosenfeld, Yehiel ^b   Baum, Hadassa ^b  

^a Plaza Centers NV ^*  (Hungary)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Construction planning; Health and safety; Lean construction; Risk identification

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION PLANNING; CONSTRUCTION SITES; HAZARD ANALYSIS; HEALTH AND SAFETY; INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING; JOB HAZARD ANALYSIS; JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; LOSS OF CONTROL; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; POTENTIAL LOSS; PROACTIVE MEASURES; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; SAFETY CONSCIOUS PLANNING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY RISKS; STRUCTURED METHOD;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); PLANNING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; DEATH; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; JOB ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKER;

EID: 77049126609     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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