Safety, incentives, and the reporting of work-related injuries among union carpenters: "You're pretty much screwed if you get hurt at work"

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 389-399

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a   Nolan, James ^b   Patterson, Dennis ^b   Sticca, Vince ^c   Myers, Douglas J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Carpenters District Council of Greater St Louis and Vicinity   (United States)

^c Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral based safety; Construction workers; Mixed methods; Occupational injury; Public health hierarchy of hazard control; Safety incentives; Under reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878356998     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22128     Document Type: Article

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