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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2711 Manufacturing (Periodicals) |
| Work setting and tasks | A major newspaper setting with tasks involving use of video display terminals (VDT). |
| Work-related musculoskeletal problems found | Upper extremity disorders (neck, hand/wrist, shoulder, and elbow). |
| Ergonomic risk factors found | Increased hours typing at a VDT keyboard, job deadline pressures, and varying workload demands. |
| Recommendations | Emphasized that a control plan must address job design, work organization, and psychosocial factors which were all correlated with symptoms reported. Employer's beginning efforts to use work breaks and document workload factors were acknowledged as a start. |
| HETA/NTIS reference no. | HETA 90–013–2277 NTIS order no. PB–93–188–456 |