The human factors of implementing shift work in logging operations

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 391-404

  Mitchell, Dana L ^a   Gallagher, Tom V ^b   Thomas, Robert E ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forestry workers; Harvesting; Human factors; Logging; Shift work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FORESTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TIME; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FORESTRY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 58149355495     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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