Analysis and prevention of serious and fatal accidents related to moving parts of machinery

Safety Science

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 163-173

  Chinniah, Yuvin ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidents; Lockout; Moving parts of machine; Risk assessment; Safeguarding; Safety of machinery

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; HAZARDS; LIFE CYCLE; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MACHINE DESIGN; MACHINERY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; LOCKOUT; MACHINERY DESIGN; MOVING PARTS; NATIONAL STANDARD; PREVENTION STRATEGIES; SAFEGUARDING; SERIOUS INJURIES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROL SYSTEM; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MACHINE ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 84923856215     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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