Fatigue: The most critical accident risk in oil and gas construction

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-353

  Chan, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident; China; Fatigue; Gas construction; Oil construction

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT CAUSATION; ACCIDENT RISKS; CHINA; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION WORKS; CRITICAL ACCIDENTS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS; OIL AND GAS; OIL AND GAS PROJECTS; OIL CONSTRUCTION; TWENTY STAKEHOLDERS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 79958153312     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2010.545993     Document Type: Article

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