Nonfatal occupational fall injuries in the West Virginia construction industry

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 655-663

  Cattledge, Gwendolyn Haile ^a   Schneiderman, Aaron ^a   Stanevich, Ronald ^a   Hendricks, Scott ^a   Greenwood, Judith ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b W Virginia Workers' Compensation F   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEST VIRGINIA; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0030227238     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(96)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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