Non-fatal contact injuries among workers in the construction industry treated in U.S. emergency departments, 1998-2005

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-195

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a   Schoenfisch, Ashley L ^a   Shishlov, Kirill S ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction workers; Contact injuries; NEISS Work; Struck by; Work related injury

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; NON-FATAL; RESEARCH AGENDA; SERIOUS INJURIES; TRAUMATIC INJURY; WOOD FRAME CONSTRUCTION; WORK-RELATED; WORK-RELATED INJURIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CUTTING; EMERGENCY ROOMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SAWS; TRENCHING; WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

COMPRESSION STRENGTH; CONSTRUCTION; CUTTING; EQUIPMENT; LEGISLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SAWS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FRICTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRICTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953958510     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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