An approach for determining the extent of contribution of construction project features to accident causation

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 687-692

  Manu, Patrick ^a   Ankrah, Nii ^a   Proverbs, David ^a   Suresh, Subashini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distal accident factors; Health and Safety; Proximal accident factors; Rating scale

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

ACCIDENT FACTORS; CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENTS; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; HEALTH AND SAFETY; MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS; RATING SCALE; UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; HUMAN; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77951093318     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.03.001     Document Type: Review

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