Tower crane safety in the construction industry: A Hong Kong study

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-215

  Tam, Vivian W Y ^a   Fung, Ivan W H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction; Hong Kong; Safety; Tower crane

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION SITES; CRANE ACCIDENTS; CRANE OPERATIONS; HONG KONG; HONG KONG CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HUMAN FACTORS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SAFETY; SAFETY PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SURVEYS; TOWER CRANES;

TOWERS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; FATIGUE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LAW; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 78049432825     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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