Understanding felling safety in the New Zealand forest industry

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-175

  Bentley, Tim A ^a   Parker, Richard J ^b   Ashby, Liz ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Injury data analysis; Job safety analysis; Tree felling

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; JOB ANALYSIS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); RISK ASSESSMENT; WOODWORKING TOOLS;

CHAINSAWS; FELLING TASKS; INJURY RATES; JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

ACCIDENT; CHAIN SAW OPERATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; LOGGING; NEW ZEALAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; LOGGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SAWS; WORK STUDY;

EID: 13444271749     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2004.10.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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