A comparison of the perceptions and beliefs of workers and owners with regard to workplace safety in small metal fabrication businesses

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 999-1009

  Parker, David ^a   Brosseau, Lisa ^a   Samant, Yogindra ^a   Pan, Wei ^a   Xi, Min ^a   Haugan, Dave ^a   Ajax, Tom ^b   Durkee, Robert ^b   Earley, Denny ^b   Fischer, Robert ^c   Fredcove, Joe ^d   Haugesag, Dentely ^e   Johnson, Jerry ^b   Juster, Shale ^b   Krueger, Jim ^b   Sorelle, Elbert ^f  

^a PARK NICOLLET INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EJ Ajax and Sons ^*

^c Boker'S Inc

^d Hennepin Technical College   (United States)

^e Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Hispanic workers; Machine guarding; Safety committee; Small business; Social cognitive theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; METAL INDUSTRY; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERCEPTION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 36549053080     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20508     Document Type: Article

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