Industry differences in accident causation

Safety Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Williamson, Ann M ^a   Feyer, Anne Marie ^a   Cairns, David R ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; SAFETY FACTOR; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL FATALITIES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FATALITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

EID: 0030272111     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(96)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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