Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-90-134-2064: Harley-Davidson, Inc.; Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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• Personal Author:
  Fine, Lawrence J. ; McGlothlin, James D. ; Rinksy, Robert A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Allied Industrial Workers, the International Machinist Unions, and management, an investigation was undertaken of possible hazardous working conditions at Harley- Davidson, Inc. (SIC-3751), Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The facility manufactured and assembled motorcycle parts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. An ergonomic evaluation of job risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders at the flywheel milling area was performed, and employee medical record data were reviewed. The cumulative weight handled in lifting and transporting flywheels during the milling process was in excess of 14 tons for one worker and in excess of 9 tons for another worker. Data gathered indicated that potential musculoskeletal disorders could result at the elbow, shoulder, back, and hip during manual handling of the flywheel during the milling process. Job risk factors which may cause disorders included manual transport of the flywheel between milling processes, placement of the flywheel in the milling machinery, and removal of this part when milling was complete. Hand and wrist disorders may also result from exposure to hazardous vibration frequencies from a handheld power grinder used to remove metal burrs from milled flywheels and during manual tightening of this part onto the index milling machine. The authors conclude that musculoskeletal hazards existed for the upper limbs and back.
• Subjects:
  Cumulative Trauma Disorders Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Cumulative-trauma-disorders Engineering Controls Hazard-Confirmed HETA-90-134-2064 Manual-lifting Manual-materials-handling Manual Materials Handling Metal Milling Motorcycle Manufacturing Motorcycles Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Musculoskeletal Disorders NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Repetitive-work Vibration-exposure Workstation Design

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA901342064
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Wisconsin ; 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:
  44 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Hall, Ronald M.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00197949
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-184531
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 90-134-2064, 1990 Sep ; :1-48
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3751 - Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:37341dee0508ce7612b4ec822de81b2c9582503b6c5dfd7a54faa7914bd7aee53e1444aca08ce76bfe2ffe9f903652cdb6f9b9eeb860a69b854af228ecefd6c5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171703/cdc_171703_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 735.44 KB ]