Non-Fatal Injuries in the West Virginia Logging Industry: Using Workers' Compensation Claims to Assess Risk from 1995 through 2001

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 502-509

  Bell, Jennifer L ^a   Helmkamp, James C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Logging; Non fatal injury; Occupational injury; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; INSURANCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; WORKER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DEATH; FORESTRY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; WEST VIRGINIA; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0242710649     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10307     Document Type: Article

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