Incidents in manual handling activities

Safety Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-237

  Lortie, M ^a   Pelletier, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Assoc Paritaire S Secty T   (Canada)

Author keywords

accident; activity regulation; incident; manual handling; transport industry

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; LOADING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNLOADING;

ACTIVITY REGULATION; INCIDENT; MANUAL HANDLING; TRANSPORT INDUSTRY;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030152278     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-7535(95)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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