Port safety and the container revolution: A statistical study on human factor and occupational accidents over the long period

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 980-990

  Fabiano, Bruno ^a   Currò, Fabio ^a   Reverberi, Andrea P ^a   Pastorino, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accident; Container; Injury; Port safety; Response surface methodology

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICAL FACTORS; FREQUENCY INDEX; GLOBAL TRADE; HUMAN FACTORS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INJURY; JOB DESIGN; MECHANISM OF INJURY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL INJURY; PORT INFRASTRUCTURE; REPORTING BIAS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; SHIPPING CONTAINERS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL STUDY; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; TRANSPORT VEHICLES; WORK ORGANIZATION; WORKPLACE ORGANIZATION;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMATION; CONTAINERS; HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PORTS AND HARBORS; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR; SHIPS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; CONTAINER; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; ITALY; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; JOB EXPERIENCE; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASHORE; SHIP; SHIPPING; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77953614194     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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