Safety in the wood products industry

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 8-18

  Michael, Judd H ^a,b   Wiedenbeck, Janice K ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARDWOOD; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; SAFETY POLICIES; WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACOUSTIC NOISE; FORESTRY; LUMBER; SAWMILLS;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY; LUMBER; NOISE; SAFETY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 7544233858     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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