Accidents in family forestry's firewood production

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 877-886

  Lindroos, Ola ^a   Aspman, Emma Wilhelmson ^a   Lidestav, Gun ^a   Neely, Gregory ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accident ratio; Axe; Exposure; Saw; Wedge splitter; Work time

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FIRES; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

WEDGE SPLITTER; WORK TIME;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGED; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 42949107659     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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