Fatal workplace accidents in outsourced operations in the manufacturing industry

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1394-1403

  Nenonen, Sanna ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accident statistics; Fatal accidents; Manufacturing industry; Outsourcing; Shared workplace

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; ACCIDENT STATISTIC; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; FATAL ACCIDENTS; FINLAND; HAZARD IDENTIFICATION; MANUFACTURING BUSINESS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS; MANUFACTURING TASKS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; RISK OF ACCIDENTS; SHARED WORKPLACE; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; TASK PLANNING; WORK PRACTICES;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OUTSOURCING;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79961017211     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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