Falls in construction: Injury rates for OSHA-inspected employers before and after citation for violating the Washington state fall protection standard

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 296-302

  Nelson, Nancy A ^a,b   Kaufman, Joel ^a   Kalat, John ^a   Silverstein, Barbara ^a  

^a Washington State Department of Labor   (United States)

^b State of Washington ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

fall injuries; fall protection standard; OSHA regulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; STANDARD; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031017576     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199703)31:3<296::AID-AJIM5>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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