Slip and fall-related injuries in relation to environmental cold and work location in above-ground coal mining operations

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-48

  Bell, Jennifer L ^a   Gardner, Lytt I ^b   Landsittel, Douglas P ^a  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental cold; Falls; Mine Safety and Health Administration data; Occupational injuries; Slips

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COAL MINING; COLD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034121110     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0274(200007)38:1<40::AID-AJIM5>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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