Occupational injuries and risk assessment among stone crushing industry workers: a cross-sectional study

Internationales Archiv für Arbeitsmedizin - Tập 96 Số 6 - Trang 903-917 - 2023
Saiful Islam1, Pronob Kumar Biswas1, Shanta Saha1, Ahmed Sayem1, Mohammad Muhshin Aziz Khan1
1Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh

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