Work characteristics associated with injury among light/short-haul transport drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2068-2074

  Friswell, Rena ^a   Williamson, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hazard exposure; Light transport; Occupational injury; Short haul transport; Truck driver

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HAZARDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION; TRUCK DRIVERS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

LIGHT TRANSPORT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT EFFORTS; OCCUPATIONAL INJURY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SAFETY CONCERNS; SHORT-HAUL TRANSPORT; WORKPLACE INJURIES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CITY PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CITY PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78049402220     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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