Accidents at work related to violence - Analysis of Finnish national accident statistics database

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 517-525

  Hintikka, Noora ^a   Saarela, Kaija Leena ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accident description; Accident statistics; ESAW; Occupational accident; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT STATISTIC; ACCIDENTS AT WORK; CLASSIFICATION CODES; CURRENT TRENDS; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; ESAW; FINLAND; FINNISH; LABOUR MARKET; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRECISION AND RECALL; PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; WORKING LIFE;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS;

ABSENTEEISM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; DATA BASE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEFT; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; WRESTLING;

EID: 76749113319     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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