Risk taking and accident frequency among Finnish forestry workers

Safety Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-153

  Salminen, S ^a   Klen, T ^a   Ojanen, K ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Locus of Control; Loggers; Occupational accidents; Personality

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXPERIENCE; FINLAND; FORESTRY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF REPORT; WORKER;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

LOGGERS;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

EID: 0033237284     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(99)00029-6     Document Type: Article

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