Poisson model of construction incident occurrence

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 715-722

  Chua, D K H ^a   Goh, Y M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construction site accidents; Occupational safety; Poisson density functions; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENTS; MODIFIED LOSS CAUSATION MODEL (MLCM); OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POISSON DENSITY FUNCTIONS; STATISTICAL MODELS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 20444466385     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:6(715)     Document Type: Article

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