The utility of a workplace injury instrument in prediction of workplace injury

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-37

  Fullarton, Christie ^a   Stokes, Mark ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Injury prediction; Organisational safety; Safety climate

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INJURY PREDICTION; SAFETY CLIMATE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS (SEM); WORKPLACE INJURY INSTRUMENTS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33750362643     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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