Machinery-related fatalities in the construction industry

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 42-50

  Pratt, Stephanie G ^a   Kisner, Suzanne M ^a   Moore, Paul H ^a  

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

Author keywords

construction; machinery; NTOF; occupational fatalities

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030918741     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199707)32:1<42::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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