An investigation of lifting operations on UK construction sites

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-79

  Sertyesilisik, Begum ^a   Tunstall, Ashley ^b   McLouglin, John ^b  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Crane; Lifting equipment; Operations; Safety

Indexed keywords

COMPETENT PERSON; CONSTRUCTION SITES; EQUIPMENT SELECTION; HEALTH IMPLICATIONS; LIFTING EQUIPMENT; LIFTING EQUIPMENTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; OPERATING EQUIPMENTS; OPERATIONS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SAFETY; SPECIALIST CONTRACTORS; UK CONSTRUCTION; UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

ACCIDENTS; ACCREDITATION; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CRANES; INSPECTION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RESEARCH;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT;

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 70349850503     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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