Ergonomic Interventions at Unimin

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• Journal Article:
  Transactions of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
• Personal Author:
  Porter, W. ; Mayton, Alan G. ; O'Brien, Andrew D.
• Description:
  In 2004, management at Unimin's Gleason, Tennessee, operation began implementing ergonomic interventions specifically targeted to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs). Together with corporate and site management, Unimin identified worksite hazards and began to modify work practices and equipment. Some interventions were relatively simple and were implemented immediately. Others, such as improvements to a mobile shredder, were more complex but were eventually resolved through a participatory approach with employees, management, manufacturers and NIOSH. This paper discusses ergonomic interventions that were successfully implemented using a participatory approach to reducing the risk of injury. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Mining-industry; Underground-mining; Musculoskeletal-system-disorders; Ergonomics; Injury-prevention
• Source:
  Trans Soc Min Metall Explor 2008 Dec; 324:61-66
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  1075-8623
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  324
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034866
• Editor(s):
  Yernberg W
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e0d2de05c026f5abf945cea6d2394606e6c06b93962122834ca19042e86509b2086faa25a93834e0f52c28d36c71c0af3f8bee0808c4c890964430e44b8f7e83
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/8702/cdc_8702_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 952.10 KB ]