Contributing factors to engulfments in on-farm grain storage bins: 1980 Through 2001

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-63

  Kingman, Douglas M ^a   Deboy, Gail R ^b   Field, William E ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confined space; Engulfment; Engulfment survival; Extrication; Farm fatalities; Flowing grain safety; Grain bin; Grain hazard; Rescue; Suffocation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CEREAL; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; ASPHYXIA; CANADA; CEREALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642313145     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v09n01_06     Document Type: Article

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