Nail gun injuries among construction workers

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 374-383

  Dement, John M ^a   Lipscomb, Hester ^a   Li, Leiming ^a   Epling, Carol ^a   Desai, Tejas ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Fingers; Hands; Nail; Nail Gun; Nailer; Pneumatic; Puncture; Sequential Trigger; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EDUCATION; FINGER INJURY; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; OHIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0038071631     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301365     Document Type: Article

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