Creating a safe work environment for emergency medical service workers

ASSE Professional Development Conference and Exhibition 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Green, James D ^a   Ammons, Douglas E ^a   Isaacs, Andrew J ^b   Moore, Paul H ^a   Whisler, Richard L ^a   White, James E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b City of Winter Park (FL) Fire and Rescue Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AMBULANCES; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; EMERGENCY SERVICES; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SPECIFICATIONS; STARS;

DIGITAL HUMAN MODELING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD (FMVSS); GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATIONS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTHS; OCCUPANT RESTRAINT; SAFETY AND HEALTHS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 84996223534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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