A Primer Based on Workplace Evaluations of Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Elements of Ergonomics Programs A Primer Based on Workplace Evaluations of Musculoskeletal Disorders |
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Toolbox Tray 1-A: NIOSH Investigations of WMSDs in Work Settings |
| Standard industrial classification
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2653 Manufacturing (Paperboard containers) |
| Work setting and tasks | Corrugating, finishing operations in producing cardboard boxes. |
| Work-related musculoskeletal problems found | Upper extremity disorders, low back problems. |
| Ergonomic risk factors found | Repetitive, forceful hand/wrist movements, localized contact stresses, awkward back and upper extremity postures. |
| Recommendations | Furnish lift tables or load leveling systems to feeder and stacking machines and raise conveyor height to ease materials handling tasks. Add padding to edges and sharp corners of workstations to relieve contact stress. Consider options for reducing travel distance for materials access and disposal and more efficient stacking. Train total workforce on reporting early signs of WMSDs and one person on each shift in risk factor analysis and control. |
| HETA/NTIS reference no. | HETA 96–0062–2588 NTIS order no. (in process) |