Occupational safety: The role of workplace sleepiness

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 976-984

  DeArmond, Sarah ^a   Chen, Peter Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational injuries; Pain; Safety behavior; Workplace sleepiness

Indexed keywords

INJURY SEVERITY; LONG TERM CARE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PAIN; SAFETY BEHAVIOR; STANFORD; WORKPLACE SLEEPINESS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WAKEFULNESS; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WAKEFULNESS; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67949092689     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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