Significant industry-source of injury-accident type for occupational fatalities in Taiwan

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-91

  Chi, Chia Fen ^a   Chang, Tin Chang ^a   Hung, Kuei Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CLAMPING DEVICES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LOADING; MACHINERY;

ACCIDENT FREQUENCY; OCCUPATIONAL FATALITIES; TAIWAN;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DROWNING; EXPERIENCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FISHING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 2942541222     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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