[Case Study] CityCenter and Cosmopolitan Construction Projects, Las Vegas, Nevada: Lessons learned from the use of multiple sources and mixed methods in a safety needs assessment

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-281

  Gittleman, Janie L ^a   Gardner, Paige C ^b   Haile, Elizabeth ^a   Sampson, Julie M ^b   Cigularov, Konstantin P ^c   Ermann, Erica D ^b   Stafford, Pete ^a   Chen, Peter Y ^b  

^a The Center for Construction Research and Training   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Needs Assessment; Occupational; Safety; Survey

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATIONS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FAST TRACK CONSTRUCTION; HEALTH CONCERNS; LAS VEGAS; LESSONS LEARNED; MANAGEMENT PROCESS; MIXED METHOD; MULTI-LEVEL; MULTIPLE SOURCE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; SAFETY; SAFETY CLIMATE; SAFETY ISSUES; SENIOR MANAGEMENT; SITE SAFETY; WORKFORCE ISSUES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PLANNING; SURVEYS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEVADA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953913551     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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