A sociotechnical approach to occupational safety

Work

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 359-370

  Dainoff, Marvin J ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Readiness; Safety climate; Safety control structure

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; BIOENGINEERING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; STANDARDS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85017499735     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-172500     Document Type: Article

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