Development of risk indices for underground coal mine workers in India

Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Transactions. Section A: Mining Technology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Maiti, J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Logistic regression; Occupational injury; Risk indices

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COAL MINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

HAULAGE WORKERS; INDIA; OCCUPATIONAL INJURY; RISK INDICES; UNDERGROUD COAL MINE WORKERS; WORKPLACE CHARACTERISTICS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 0345377541     PISSN: 14749009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037178403225001674     Document Type: Article

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