Analysis of residential framing accidents, activities, and task demands

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 260-269

  Mitropoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Guillama, Vince ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Accidents; Errors; High risk tasks; Residential framing; Safety; Task demands

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; BUILDING BLOCKES; COMBINED EFFECT; EXTERNAL FORCE; RESIDENTIAL FRAMING; SAFETY INCIDENTS; SAFETY MEASURES; TASK DEMAND; TASK DIFFICULTY; TASK FACTORS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONTRACTORS; ERRORS;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 75649142565     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000119     Document Type: Article

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