Risk Level Based Management System: A Control Banding Model for Occupational Health and Safety Risk Management in a Highly Regulated Environment

Industrial Health

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-28

  M Zalk, David ^a   Kamerzell, Ryan ^a   Paik, Samuel ^a   Kapp, Jennifer ^a   Harrington, Diana ^b   Swuste, Paul ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control banding; Occupational health and safety management system; Occupational risk management; Participatory; Qualitative risk assessment; Risk level approach; Toolbox

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249170803     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.48.18     Document Type: Article

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