The characteristics of fatal occupational injuries in Korea's construction industry, 1997-2004

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1159-1162

  Im, Hyoung June ^a   Kwon, Young Jun ^a   Kim, Soo Geun ^b   Kim, Yong Kyu ^c   Ju, Young Su ^a   Lee, Hwa Pyung ^d  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d Pochon Cha University College   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Construction; Injury etiology; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SHOCK; FATAL INJURY; INJURY ETIOLOGY; MORTALITY RISK; OCCUPATIONAL INJURY; STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC ACCIDENTS; EMPLOYMENT;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 67349220102     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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