Overview of the relationship between organizational and workplace factors and injury rates

Safety Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-217

  Shannon, Harry S ^a,b   Mayr, Janet ^a   Haines, Ted ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c LAMP Occupational Health Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INJURY RATES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031214996     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(97)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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