Work-related falls among union carpenters in Washington State before and after the Vertical Fall Arrest Standard

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-165

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a,b   Li, Leiming ^a   Dement, John ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b First Union Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Carpenters; Construction work; Evaluation methods; Fall protection; Falls; Intervention evaluation; OSHA regulations

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CARPENTER; CONSTRUCTION WORK; COST OF ILLNESS; EVALUATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; TIME; TRADE UNION; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL FALL ARREST STANDARD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WASHINGTON; WOOD;

EID: 0042744695     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10254     Document Type: Article

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