A fuzzy risk assessment approach for occupational hazards in the construction industry

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1067-1078

  Liu, Hao Tien ^a   Tsai, Yieh lin ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Fuzzy ANP; Fuzzy FMEA; Occupational hazards; QFD

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; EFFECT ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING COMPANIES; FUZZY ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS; FUZZY ANP; FUZZY FMEA; FUZZY RISK; IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; QFD; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; RISK VALUE; SOUTHERN TAIWAN; TELECOM; TWO STAGE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; HAZARDS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RATING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ENGINEERING; FAILURE MODES AND EFFECT ANALYSIS; FUZZY ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS; FUZZY SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TAIWAN; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 84856439870     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.11.021     Document Type: Article

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