Injury underreporting among small establishments in the construction industry

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 339-349

  Dong, Xiuwen S ^a   Fujimoto, Alissa ^a   Ringen, Knut ^a   Stafford, Erich ^a   Platner, James W ^a   Gittleman, Janie L ^a   Wang, Xuanwen ^a  

^a The Center for Construction Research and Training   (United States)

Author keywords

BLS; Construction; Hispanic workers; Occupational injuries and illnesses; OSHA; Small employers establishments; Underreporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DATA COLLECTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79953728736     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20928     Document Type: Article

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