Hazard Alert: Back Injuries: You Are At Risk

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• Journal Article:
  Hazard alert: back injuries - you are at risk
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Does your back hurt? Back injuries are the most common injury in construction. To prevent back injuries: 1) Let tools do the work. If materials weigh more than 50 pounds, do not lift them by yourself. 2) Change your work routine. Re-position your body so that you are not contorted or repeating a motion. Raise your work to waist level. 3) Think before you move. Lifting while bending and twisting will cause injury. You can prevent a serious back injury if you step instead of twist. Back injuries have consequences: Work with your employer and union representative to prevent back injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Back Injuries Construction Industry Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction; Construction-industry; Construction-workers; Safety-education; Safety-practices; Work practices; Worker safety; Back injuries; Back pain; Injuries; Injury prevention; Musculoskeletal system
• Source:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2013 Sep; :1
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Hazard Alerts
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  production of this document was supported by cooperative agreement OH 009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049640
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6797ea2aa0e3c6c87e2c196d094893e4a2901e737bd4232a138bf09927176dab2cde3631ca67e5dee54400ad0008b04d5630240617a20ace23e73e690901b45c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/135046/cdc_135046_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.13 MB ]