The case for research into the zero accident vision

Safety Science

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-48

  Zwetsloot, Gerard I J M ^a,b   Aaltonen, Markku ^c   Wybo, Jean Luc ^d   Saari, Jorma ^c   Kines, Pete ^e   Beeck, Rik Op De ^f  

^a Netherlands Foundation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^f Institute for Occupational Safety and Health   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Commitment strategy; Safety culture; Safety research; Zero accident vision

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AWARENESS; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84876817670     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.01.026     Document Type: Note

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