Environmental conditions for safety work - Theoretical foundations

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1967-1976

  Rosness, Ragnar ^a   Blakstad, Helene Cecilie ^a   Forseth, Ulla ^a   Dahle, Irene B ^b   Wiig, Siri ^b,c  

^a SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

^b Petroleum Safety Authority   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contextual factors; Contingencies; Environmental conditions; Framework conditions; Safety work

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; CONTINGENCIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS; SAFETY WORK;

SAFETY TESTING;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84863847675     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.12.029     Document Type: Article

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