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A comparison of owner/operator and worker perspectives on workplace safety in the West Virginia logging industry

Eric W Lundstrom1, Douglas J Myers2, Wayne J Lundstrom1

  • 1West Virginia University Safety and Health Extension, West Virginia University Extension Service, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.

American Journal of Industrial Medicine
|February 1, 2021
PubMed
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Keywords:
hazard perceptionlogginglogging safetyoccupational statussafety perspectives

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