What kinds of injuries do OSHA inspections prevent?

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-345

  Haviland, Amelia ^a   Burns, Rachel ^a   Gray, Wayne ^b   Ruder, Teague ^a   Mendeloff, John ^a,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluations; OSHA Inspections; Safety and Health Standards; U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); Workplace Injury types

Indexed keywords

EVALUATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATIONS; OSHA INSPECTIONS; SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS; WORKPLACE INJURIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HEALTH; INDUSTRY; INSPECTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PENNSYLVANIA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 77956648981     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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