Effect of a nurse back injury prevention intervention on the rate of injury compensation claims

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-19

  Martin, Peter J ^a   Harvey, Jack T ^a   Culvenor, John F ^a   Payne, Warren R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back injury; Evaluation of occupational health and safety interventions; Longitudinal analysis; No lifting; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; NURSING;

BACK INJURY; BACK INJURY PREVENTIONS; BEFORE AND AFTER; ERGONOMICS PRINCIPLES; EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY INTERVENTIONS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS; INCIDENCE RATES; LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS; NO LIFTING; NURSING STAFFS; PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATIONS; PUBLIC-HEALTH AGENCIES; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INJURY; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BACK INJURIES; HUMANS; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; NURSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 61849169559     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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