Management commitment to safety and health in residential construction: HomeSafe spending trends 1991-1999

Work

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-44

  Gilkey, David P ^a   Keefe, Thomas J ^a   Hautaluoma, Jacob E ^a   Bigelow, Philip L ^b   Herron, Robert E ^a   Stanley, Sheila A ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c United States Department of Labor   (United States)

Author keywords

Management practices; Other safety equipment (OSE); Personal protective equipment (PPE); Resources; Safety incentive programs (SIP); Safety training (ST)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAINING; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLANS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0037237449     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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