Work-related Traumatic Fatal Injuries Involving Confined Spaces

Many workers die each year from work-related confined space incidents. The rate of confined space fatalities in Australia was found to be comparable to similarly industrialised countries; and an examination of the aetiologies involved found fatalities were approximately equally from both atmospheric...

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Main Author: Selman, Jason Stuart
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79398
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description Many workers die each year from work-related confined space incidents. The rate of confined space fatalities in Australia was found to be comparable to similarly industrialised countries; and an examination of the aetiologies involved found fatalities were approximately equally from both atmospheric hazards and from physical hazards. Up to 17% of fatalities were found to be those undertaking rescue, overwhelmingly from hazardous atmospheres. Strategies to reduce confined space fatalities were developed.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-793982020-05-26T04:35:26Z Work-related Traumatic Fatal Injuries Involving Confined Spaces Selman, Jason Stuart Many workers die each year from work-related confined space incidents. The rate of confined space fatalities in Australia was found to be comparable to similarly industrialised countries; and an examination of the aetiologies involved found fatalities were approximately equally from both atmospheric hazards and from physical hazards. Up to 17% of fatalities were found to be those undertaking rescue, overwhelmingly from hazardous atmospheres. Strategies to reduce confined space fatalities were developed. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79398 Curtin University fulltext
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Work-related Traumatic Fatal Injuries Involving Confined Spaces
title Work-related Traumatic Fatal Injuries Involving Confined Spaces
title_full Work-related Traumatic Fatal Injuries Involving Confined Spaces
title_fullStr Work-related Traumatic Fatal Injuries Involving Confined Spaces
title_full_unstemmed Work-related Traumatic Fatal Injuries Involving Confined Spaces
title_short Work-related Traumatic Fatal Injuries Involving Confined Spaces
title_sort work-related traumatic fatal injuries involving confined spaces
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79398