Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 97– 0199–2680: U.S. Department of the Interior, Yosemite National Park, California

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• Personal Author:
  Habes, Daniel J. ; Schiefer, Mark
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) responded to a health hazard evaluation (HHE) request from the U.S. Department of the Interior. The request pertained to cases of musculoskeletal disorders of the upper and lower extremities and back among workers who build and maintain the back country trails of Yosemite National Park. NIOSH investigators reviewed available accident and injury records for the years 1995-97, interviewed workers, and evaluated the trail construction projects for ergonomic risk factors. The ergonomics evaluation included analyzing videotape and still photo records of workers performing their jobs, and applied forces required to maneuver rocks with a lever bar. NIOSH investigators concluded that the job tasks associated with building and maintaining hiking trails at Yosemite National Park include many ergonomic stress factors that can lead to musculoskeletal disorders of the back and upper and lower extremities.
• Subjects:
  Cumulative Trauma Disorders Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Back Injuries Cumulative-trauma-disorders Land, Mineral, Wildlife, And Forest Conservation Musculoskeletal-system-disorders OSHA Region 9 Overexertion Injuries Rock Bars Rock Breaking And Drilling Sledge Hammers Upper And Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders Wilderness Medicine

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9701992680
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  20 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Blythe, Ellen E. ; Doyle, Glenn
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000487
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB99-152274
• 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 97-0199-2680, 1998 Mar ; :1-19
• Editor(s):
  Arthur, Penny
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9512 - Land, mineral, wildlife conservation - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9c2b58fc622c21c08046c9cfb97bfe943bcaef424ccbae32e19c99d369341016f815518a38e5bdd54dd362120eedd05753289f9ce9a56c2f6b92ec8af3fef952
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171044/cdc_171044_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 218.05 KB ]