Visibility-related fatalities related to construction equipment

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 709-718

  Hinze, Jimmie W ^a   Teizer, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident and fatality causes; Blind spots; Construction worker and equipment safety; Visibility; Warning and alert technology

Indexed keywords

BLIND SPOTS; COMMON FACTORS; CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND EQUIPMENT SAFETY; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DATA POOL; FATALITY RATES; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; LIGHTING CONDITIONS; LITTLE RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATIONS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; SPECIFIC PROBLEMS; UNDERLYING CAUSE; WARNING AND ALERT TECHNOLOGY; WORK ZONES;

ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LAKES; MACHINERY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; STEEL BRIDGES; VISIBILITY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DEVICE SAFETY; EQUIPMENT; FATALITY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MANUAL LABOR; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VISIBILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79952186241     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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