Fast Facts: Home Healthcare Workers: How to Prevent Musculosekeletal Disorders

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  "A work-related musculoskeletal disorder is an injury of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, joints, cartilage, bones, or blood vessels in the arms, legs, head, neck, or back that is caused or aggravated by work tasks such as lifting, pushing, and pulling. Symptoms include pain, stiffness, swelling, numbness, and tingling. Lifting and moving clients create a high risk for back injury and other musculoskeletal disorders for home healthcare workers." - NIOSHTIC-2
• Content Notes:
  "This is one in a series of six fast fact cards developed to provide practical advice for home healthcare workers and is based on NIOSH Hazard Review: Occupational Hazards in Home Healthcare, NIOSH Pub No. 2010-125."
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Health Personnel Home Care Services Injuries Musculoskeletal System Occupational Diseases
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Fact Sheet
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040329
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11735/cdc_11735_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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