Slipping of the foot on the floor when pulling a pallet truck

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 812-819

  Li, Kai Way ^a   Chang, Chien Chi ^b   Chang, Wen Ruey ^b  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pallet truck; Pulling; Slippery and non slippery floors; Slips and falls

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TRUCKS;

PALLET TRUCKS; SLIPPERY AND NON-SLIPPERY FLOORS; SLIPS AND FALLS;

PALLETS;

GLYCEROL; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; FALLING; FOOT; FRICTION; HEEL; HUMAN; MALE; SHOE; WALKING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 45049086581     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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