Factors associated with occupational injury severity in the New South Wales underground coal mining industry

Safety Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-204

  Hull, Brynley P ^a   Leigh, James ^a   Driscoll, Timothy R ^a   Mandryk, John ^a  

^a National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety   (Australia)

Author keywords

coal mining; injury severity; working days lost

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; COAL MINES; PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TISSUE; VEHICLES;

NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURY SEVERITY; UNDERGROUND COAL MINING INDUSTRY; WORKING DAYS LOST;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COAL MINING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030152525     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-7535(95)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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