Workplace organizational correlates of lost-time accident rates in manufacturing

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 258-268

  Shannon, Harry S ^a,b   Walters, Vivienne ^a   Lewchuk, Wayne ^a   Richardson, Jack ^a   Moran, Lea Anne ^a   Haines, Ted ^a   Verma, Dave ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

accidents; health and safety committees; lost time claim rates; manufacturing; questionnaire survey; Workers' Compensation; workplace organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STATISTICS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0030007096     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199603)29:3<258::AID-AJIM5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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