Hospitalized injuries among bridge and tunnel construction workers

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-240

  Spangenberg, Søren ^a   Hannerz, Harald ^a   Tüchsen, Finn ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bored tunnel; Heavy construction; Injury distribution; Occupational risk assessment; Pre project decision; Toxic gasses and smoke

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; GASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

INJURY RISKS; STANDARD POPULATION; STANDARDIZED HOSPITALIZATION RATIOS (SHR); TUNNEL WORKERS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

HEALTH AND SAFETY; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 16444366671     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190500041503     Document Type: Article

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