Motor vehicle fatalities in the United States construction industry

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 613-626

  Ore, Timothy ^a,b   Fosbroke, David E ^a  

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

^b AMC Consultants Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Backup; Construction trucks; Flaggers; Passenger vehicles; Pedestrians

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031229652     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(97)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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