Mitigating construction safety risks using prevention through design

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-122

  Gangolells, Marta ^a   Casals, Miquel ^a   Forcada, Núria ^a   Roca, Xavier ^a   Fuertes, Alba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Building; Construction Hazards Prevention through Design; Construction process; Health and safety management; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DESIGN; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ANALYSIS-BASED APPROACHES; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION HAZARDS; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE; HEALTH AND SAFETY; QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 83555172671     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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