Safety performance of animal confinement floors: Slip, trip, and fall injuries in Finland

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-406

  Kaustell, Kim O ^a   Mattila, Tiina E A ^a   Rautiainen, Risto H ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Agriculture; Animal confinement; Building design; Floors; Hazard; Injury; Performance approach; Performance evaluation; Risk; Safety

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; BUILDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FALLING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 36448992305     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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