Predictive tool for estimating accident risk

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 431-436

  Lee, Sangyoub ^a   Halpin, Daniel W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prediction; Construction site accidents; Safety factors; Trenching

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREDICTION; CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENTS; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; SURVEYING; TRENCHING;

SAFETY FACTOR;

EID: 13944273770     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2003)129:4(431)     Document Type: Article

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