Lopez Del Puerto, C., & Mrozowski, T. L., & Kruth, L. F., & Schlafly, T. J., & Molina Bas, O. I. (2015, June), Developing a Safety Training on Warehouse Worker Hazards for Structural Steel Fabricating and Supply Companies  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23827

\bibitem{asee_peer_23827}
  Lopez Del Puerto, C., \& Mrozowski, T. L., \& Kruth, L. F., \& Schlafly, T. J., \& Molina Bas, O. I. (2015, June), \emph{Developing a Safety Training on Warehouse Worker Hazards for Structural Steel Fabricating and Supply Companies}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23827

Carla Lopez Del Puerto, Tim L. Mrozowski, Lawrence F. Kruth, Thomas J. Schlafly, and Omar I. Molina Bas.  "Developing a Safety Training on Warehouse Worker Hazards for Structural Steel Fabricating and Supply Companies".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23827 Internet.  16 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23827}
  Carla Lopez Del Puerto, Tim L. Mrozowski, Lawrence F. Kruth, Thomas J. Schlafly, and Omar I. Molina Bas.
  "Developing a Safety Training on Warehouse Worker Hazards for Structural Steel Fabricating and Supply Companies".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23827 Internet.  16 Dec, 2024

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