Accidents at work during temporary agency work in Finland - Comparisons between certain major industries and other industries

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 473-483

  Hintikka, Noora ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accident at work; Accident statistics; Agency work; Occupational accident; Temporary work

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT FREQUENCY; ACCIDENT MECHANISM; ACCIDENT RISKS; ACCIDENT STATISTICS; ACCIDENTS AT WORK; AGENCY WORK; DATA ANALYSIS; FINLAND; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GENERAL TRENDS; MANUAL WORK; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TEMPORARY WORK; WORK ASSIGNMENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; TREND STUDY; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79151476342     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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