Costs of occupational injuries in construction in the United States

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1258-1266

  Waehrer, Geetha M ^a   Dong, Xiuwen S ^b   Miller, Ted ^a   Haile, Elizabeth ^b   Men, Yurong ^b  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b The Center for Construction Research and Training   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Cost; Fatal; Injury; National; Nonfatal

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; COST ACCOUNTING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; WAGES;

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTIVITY; NONFATAL INJURY; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34848914024     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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