Construction Safety and informal training: A two part study

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1723-1727

  Terry, Travis N ^a   Burneo, Pablo S ^a   Martinez, Claudia M ^a   Riofrio, Juan ^a   Smith Jackson, Tonya ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION SAFETY; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; CONTEXT-BASED; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; SAFETY MEASURES;

ERGONOMICS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 70350608051     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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