The distribution of occupational injury risks in the Victorian construction industry

Safety Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 439-456

  Larsson, Tore J ^a   Field, Brian ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Victorian WorkCover Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls; Injury prevention; Severity index; Victorian construction industry

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

INJURY SEVERITY INDEX;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ENGINEERING; FALLING; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0036140224     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(01)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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