| Document ID (ISN) | 69785 |
| CIS number |
97-1511 |
| Year |
1997 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Title |
Occupational safety |
| Bibliographic information |
In: The Workplace (by Brune D. et al., eds), Scandinavian Science Publisher as, Bakkehaugveien 16, 0873 Oslo, Norway, 1997, Vol.1, p.221-388. Illus. Bibl.ref. |
| Abstract |
These 13 chapters in a major new survey of OSH examine selected issues of occupational safety: development of accident perception; occupational and major accidents (accident and risk perception and measurement, accident information systems); costs of accidents; accident theories and models; feedback control of accidents; feedback control in offshore module fabrication; safety analysis; major accident hazards; implementation of the Seveso directive; fires and explosions; toxic combustion products; bodily hazards from explosions in enclosures; an approach to accident prevention. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational safety; occupational accidents; fire, explosions; pyrolysis products; cost of accidents; hazard evaluation; major hazards; plant safety organization; safety analysis |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; information dissemination; analysis of accident causes; notification of occupational accidents; risk awareness; frequency rates; statistics; fire protection; accident investigation; biological effects; results of explosions |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | ILO |
| Subject(s) |
Generalities
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Economic aspects
Risk evaluation
Explosions
Fires
Major hazards
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