Using Contextual Design techniques to identify work task problems in dynamic work environments - A field study of isolating safety challenges for small builders

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1718-1722

  Hung, Yu Hsiu ^a   Winchester III, Woodrow W ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL DESIGN; CONTEXTUAL INQUIRY; FIELD STUDIES; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; QUALITATIVE DATA; SAFETY INCIDENTS; SAFETY INTERVENTION; STRUCTURED METHOD; WORK ENVIRONMENTS; WORK PROCESS; WORK TASK;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; ERGONOMICS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 70350591746     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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