Slip, trip and fall injuries in potato, sugar beet and open field vegetable production in Finland

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1944-1959

  Mattila, Tiina E A ^a   Kaustell, Kim O ^a   Rautiainen, Risto H ^b   Pitkänen, Timo J ^a   Lötjönen, Timo ^a   Suutarinen, Juha ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Horticulture; Phrase analysis; Slip, trip and fall injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AGRICULTURE; MATERIALS HANDLING; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR BEETS; SUGARS;

CONTAMINATION CONTROLS; CONTRIBUTING FACTORS; FATAL INJURIES; FINLAND; HORTICULTURE; MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLINGS; PHRASE ANALYSIS; PREVENTIVE ACTIONS; SLIP, TRIP AND FALL INJURIES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALL INJURY; FINLAND; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERVIEW; JUMPING; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SLIP INJURY; TRIP INJURY; WALKING; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049139935     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802277562     Document Type: Article

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