Assessment of perceived traumatic injury hazards during drywall hanging

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-37

  Pan, Christopher S ^a   Chiou, Sharon S ^a   Hsiao, Hongwei ^a   Wassell, James T ^a   Keane, Paul R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Drywall installation; Fall injury; Physical stress; Struck by and against objects; Traumatic injuries

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MATERIALS HANDLING;

DRYWALL INSTALLATION; TRAUMATIC INJURIES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HANGING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0033990334     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(98)00075-4     Document Type: Article

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