In-depth analysis of the causal factors of incidents reported in the Greek petrochemical industry

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1448-1455

  Konstandinidou, Myrto ^a   Nivolianitou, Zoe ^a   Kefalogianni, Eirini ^b   Caroni, Chrys ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accidents database; Causal factors analysis; Industrial accidents; Multifactorial analysis; Occupational accidents; Petrochemical industry

Indexed keywords

FACTORS ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT; MULTIFACTORIAL ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

ACCIDENTS; DISASTERS; ERRORS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PETROCHEMICALS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 81155160959     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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