Shifting the focus of strategic occupational injury prevention. Mining free-text, workers compensation claims data

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-21

  Brooks, Benjamin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Car and delivery drivers; Injury prevention; Text mining; Wood industry; Workers compensation

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

INJURY PREVENTION; WOOD INDUSTRY; WORKERS COMPENSATION;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 36749033091     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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