The impact of major transformations of a production process on age-related accident risks: A study of an iron-ore mine

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 627-636

  Blank, Vera L G ^a,b   Laflamme, Lucie ^b,c   Diderichsen, Finn ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accident pattern; Aging; Mining industry; Poisson regression; Technological development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TECHNOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK; SWEDEN; TECHNOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030225860     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(96)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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