Design's role in construction accident causality and prevention: Perspectives from an expert panel

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 675-691

  Gambatese, John A ^a   Behm, Michael ^b   Rajendran, Sathyanarayanan ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hoffman Construction Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Architect; Construction; Design; Engineer; Safety

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HEALTH RISKS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ARCHITECT; CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY; CONSTRUCTION SITES; DESIGN PROFESSIONALS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ENGINEERING; FATALITY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 42949103619     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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