Characteristic analysis of occupational accidents at small construction enterprises

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 698-707

  Cheng, Ching Wu ^a,b   Leu, Sou Sen ^a   Lin, Chen Chung ^c   Fan, Chihhao ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c Institute of Occupational Safety and Health   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA); Construction industry; Occupational accidents; Safety management

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT; CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; CHARACTERISTIC FACTORS; CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISE; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; HEALTH AND SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENTS; SAFETY LAWS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WARNING SIGNS;

ACCIDENTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEALTH; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EMPLOYER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB PERFORMANCE; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TAIWAN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77951090473     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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