OSHA compliance issues: OSHA heat stress fatality investigation of a Latino landscaping worker

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Nevarez, Juan ^a  

^a OSHA DTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; FATALITY; GOVERNMENT; HEAT STROKE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

FATAL OUTCOME; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEAT STROKE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84879395597     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2013.784177     Document Type: Review

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