" Lean occupational" safety: An application for a Near-miss Management System design

Safety Science

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-104

  Gnoni, M G ^a   Andriulo, S ^b   Maggio, G ^b   Nardone, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b Tecnologie Diesel e Sistemi Frenanti SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automotive supplier firm; Lean Management; Near miss Management System; Occupational safety

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIERS; COMPETITIVE TOOLS; CRITICAL COMPONENT; FULL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; HIGH RISK LEVEL; INDUSTRIAL CONTEXT; INNOVATIVE DESIGN; LEAN MANAGEMENT; LEAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; LEAN THINKING; MAJOR HAZARDS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; NO REFERENCES; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; RISK TYPES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

DESIGN; INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEAR MISS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84867772867     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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