Reducing Commercial Fishing Deck Hazards with Engineering Solutions for Winch Design

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-235

  Lincoln, Jennifer M ^a   Lucas, Devin L ^a   McKibbin, Robert W ^b   Woodward, Chelsea C ^b   Bevan, John E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NIOSH Spokane Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial fishing; Engineering solution; Entanglement hazards; Injury prevention; Prevention through design; PtD

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; HYDRAULIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; MACHINERY;

COMMERCIAL FISHING; ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS; ENTANGLEMENT HAZARDS; INJURY PREVENTION; PREVENTION THROUGH DESIGN;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FISHERIES; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049084005     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.02.027     Document Type: Article

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