Causes of electrical deaths and injuries among construction workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 398-406

  McCann, Michael ^a,c   Hunting, Katherine L ^b   Murawski, Judith ^b   Chowdhury, Risana ^a   Welch, Laura ^b  

^a The Center for Construction Research and Training   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CIH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc flash; Construction; Electrical injury; Electrocution; Lockout tagout; Surveillance; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DATA BASE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTROCUTION; HUMAN; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POWER SUPPLY; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DATABASES; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTRICITY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12444341865     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10198     Document Type: Article

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