A Review of Crane Safety in the Construction Industry

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1106-1117

  Neitzel, Richard L ^a   Seixas, Noah S ^a   Ren, Kyle K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction Industry; Crane Safety; Crane RELATED Injuries And Deaths; Mobile Cranes; Safety Procedures And Mechanisms; Tower Cranes

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DEVICE; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035672055     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220127411     Document Type: Article

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