Integration of OHS into risk management in an open-pit mining project in Quebec (Canada)

Minerals

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-29

  Badri, Adel ^a   Nadeau, Sylvie ^a   Gbodossou, André ^b  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action research; Analytical hierarchy process (AHP); Industrial projects; Occupational health and safety (OHS); Open pit mine; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901691542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2075163X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/min1010003     Document Type: Article

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