Prioritizing occupational injury prevention in the construction industry: Injury severity or absence?

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-58

  Kines, Pete ^a   Spangenberg, Søren ^a   Dyreborg, Johnny ^a  

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

Author keywords

Absence risk; Fractures; Injury type; Lost time injuries; Sprains and strains

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PUBLIC POLICY;

ABSENCE RISK; LOST-TIME INJURIES; METRO CONSTRUCTION SITES;

DISEASE CONTROL;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; STATISTICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DENMARK; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SICK LEAVE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33847318370     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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