Trends in electrical injury in the U.S., 1992-2002

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 962-972

  Cawley, James C ^a   Homce, Gerald T ^a  

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

Author keywords

Electrical burn; Electrical injury; Electrical safety; Electrical shock; Electrocution; Fatality rate; Injury rate

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC WIRING; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MACHINE COMPONENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINES;

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS; ELECTRICAL BURN; ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; ELECTRICAL FATALITY; ELECTRICAL INJURIES; ELECTRICAL INJURY; ELECTRICAL SAFETY; ELECTRICAL SHOCK; ELECTROCUTION; FATAL INJURIES; FATALITY RATE; INJURY RATE; INJURY RATES; LABOR DEPARTMENT; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; OVERHEAD POWER LINES; PERFORMANCE STANDARD; POPULATION SURVEY; POWER LINES; RISK GROUPS; TIME PERIODS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 49249094336     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2008.926229     Document Type: Article

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