An analysis for the causes of accidents of repair, maintenance, alteration and addition works in Hong Kong

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 894-901

  Hon, Carol K H ^a   Chan, Albert P C ^a   Wong, Francis K W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accident; Construction safety; Hong Kong; Repair and maintenance

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION SAFETY; DELPHI METHOD; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; HONG-KONG; RAPID EXPANSION; RELATIVE DEGREES; REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE; ROOT CAUSE; SAFETY AWARENESS; SAFETY EXPERTS; SAFETY PROBLEMS;

CONCRETE BRIDGES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; REPAIR; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DELPHI STUDY; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME;

EID: 77952545254     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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