HETA #2004-0415-2963: Meijer; East Lansing, Michigan

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• Alternative Title:
  NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA #2004-0415-2963: Meijer, East Lansing, Michigan
• Personal Author:
  Tubbs, Randy L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health received a request for a health hazard evaluation at a Meijer store in East Lansing, Michigan on September 28, 2004. Employees at the store were concerned about potential hearing damage from recently installed scanner/scale units in the store's checkout lanes. The units were loud enough that customers were commenting on them. A site visit was made to the facility on November 30 and December 1, 2004. An opening conference was held with management and employee representatives followed on the second day with a noise analysis of all the store's checkout lanes. The cashiers on duty during the noise survey were interviewed about any concerns they had with their work environment. The spectral measurements showed overall noise levels less than 65 dBA at each of the work stations. The siren-like sounds from the scanner/scales were associated with the spectral peaks measured at 500 and 1000 Hz. The cashiers also reported concerns about poor ergonomic conditions in the new checkout lanes. The NIOSH investigator determined that a health hazard does not exist from noise emitted by the scanner/scale units at this facility. Recommendations are offered to Meijer on addressing the ergonomic issues raised by employees and on communicating the results of the noise survey to employees and customers.
• Subjects:
  Cumulative Trauma Disorders Ear Ergonomics Fatigue Food Handling Food Industry Musculoskeletal Diseases Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Department Stores Back-injuries Checkout Lanes Cumulative-trauma Cumulative-trauma-disorders Grocery-stores Hazard-Unconfirmed Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Noise Noise-exposure Noise-frequencies Noise-levels OSHA Region 5 Retail-workers Scanner/Scales

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA200404152963
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  Meijer Inc. ; Meijer Inc.
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-10 ; 15 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Watts, Shawna
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026505
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2005-106274
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 2004-0415-2963, 2005 Apr ; :1-10
• Editor(s):
  Galloway, Ellen
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  5311 - Department Stores - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2c9a7ea12be60b16c43396a2137428e2b0b8ef9d2ab29576498c4108e225b5deeda8c868a880931bf83de9fc0a89c59787acbb339b8164d8b136209c300891ca
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170603/cdc_170603_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.03 MB ]