Safety management problems encountered by industrial service providers

IEEM2010 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1529-1533

  Nenonen, S ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Industry; Outsourcing; Safety management; Service provider; Shared workplace

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; HAZARD IDENTIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; INDUSTRIAL SERVICES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MEASURES; SAFETY PROBLEMS; SERVICE PROVIDER; SHARED WORKPLACE; TIME PRESSURES; WORK TASK;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OUTSOURCING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 78751686099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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