Analysis of occupational injuries and fatalities in electrical contracting industry

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-158

  Abudayyeh, Osama ^a   Federicks, Tycho ^b   Palmquist, Mark ^a   Torres, Helga N ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Parkview Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Contractors; Occupational safety

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTORS; ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONTRACTS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 3142614440     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2003)129:2(152)     Document Type: Article

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