Managers' estimates of safe loads for manual handling: Evidence for risk compensation?

Safety Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 103-111

  Bridger, R S ^a   Freidberg, S S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NAVAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Back belts; Lifting technique; Manual handling; Risk compensation

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

BACK BELTS; MANUAL HANDLING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BOOK; EMPLOYEE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INJURY; MANAGER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 0033165948     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(99)00013-2     Document Type: Article

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