Occupational injury risk in a blue collar, small business industry: Implications for prevention

Safety Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 67-78

  Holmes, N ^a   Triggs, T J ^b   Gifford, S M ^c   Dawkins, A W ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; RISK PERCEPTION;

OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031080443     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(97)00012-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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