Assessment of health safety and environment management System function in contracting companies of one of the petro-chemistry industries in Iran, a case study

Safety Science

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-47

  Gholami, Pari Shafaei ^a   Nassiri, Parvin ^b   Yarahmadi, Rasoul ^a   Hamidi, Abdolamir ^c   Mirkazemi, Roksana ^d  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Kharazmi Company   (Iran)

^d Hooman Research Collaborators Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

HSEMS; Iran; Occupational health; Petro chemistry industries

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA COLLECTION TOOLS; ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; HEALTH , SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HSEMS; IRAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRAN; MANAGER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

EID: 84926050106     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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