Safety in machinery design and construction: Performance for substantive safety outcomes

Safety Science

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-35

  Bluff, Elizabeth ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hazard recognition; Legal obligations; Machinery; Risk control; Safe design; Safety information

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MACHINERY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FIRM PERFORMANCE; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; LEGAL OBLIGATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK CONTROLS; SAFE DESIGNS; SAFETY INFORMATION;

MACHINE DESIGN;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEVICE SAFETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MACHINE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84894531263     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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