Near-miss reporting system as an occupational injury preventive intervention in manufacturing

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-48

  Lander, Lina ^a   Eisen, Ellen A ^b,c   Stentz, Terry L ^d   Spanjer, Kathleen J ^e   Wendland, Bryce E ^e   Perry, Melissa J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e Square D by Schneider Electric   (United States)

Author keywords

Major injury; Manufacturing; Minor injury; Near miss; Occupational injury

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MATERIALS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78650050010     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20904     Document Type: Article

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