Identifying fall-protection training needs for residential roofing subcontractors

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 372-380

  Hung, Yu Hsiu ^a   Winchester, Woodrow W ^b   Smith Jackson, Tonya L ^b   Kleiner, Brian M ^b   Babski Reeves, Kari L ^c   Mills, Thomas H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b State University   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall protection training; Residential construction; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; ROOFS;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; DESIGN FEATURES; GROUNDED THEORY; RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION; SAFETY TRAINING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; TRAINING MATERIAL; TRAINING PROGRAM;

DESIGN;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FALL PROTECTION TRAINING; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 84872387374     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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