Preliminary Survey Report: Pre-Intervention Quantitative Risk Factor Analysis for Ship Construction Processes at Jeffboat LLC, Jeffersonville, Indiana

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• Personal Author:
  Hudock, Stephen D. ; Johnston, Ova E. ; Wurzelbacher, Steven J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Description:
  A pre-intervention quantitative risk factor analysis was performed at various shops and locations within Jeffboat LLC, a builder of river barges in Indiana, as a method to identify and quantify risk factors that workers may be exposed to in the course of their normal work duties. This survey was conducted as part of a larger project, funded through Maritech Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise and the U.S. Navy, to develop projects to enhance the commercial viability of domestic shipyards. Four locations were identified: the rake frame subassembly process, the unloading of angle irons in the steelyard, the honeycomb confined space welding process for double hull barges, and the shear press operation in the plate shop. The application of exposure assessment techniques provided a quantitative analysis of the risk factors associated with the individual tasks. Possible engineering interventions to address these risk factors for each task are briefly discussed.
• Subjects:
  Confined Spaces Ergonomics Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Ships Welding
• Keywords:
  Boat Manufacturing Industry Confined Spaces Construction Search Materials Handling Metal Industry Metal Industry Workers Metal Workers OSHA Region 5 Risk Analysis Shipbuilding Industry Shipyard Industry Shipyards Shipyard Workers Welders Welding Industry

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• Series:
  Engineering and Physical Hazards Survey Reports
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHEPHB22911a
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  Jeffboat LLC
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Jeffersonville (IN) ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology ; EPHB - Engineering and Physical Hazards Branch
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-98
• Contributor:
  Siegfried, Karl V.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021221
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2003-100099
• 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, EPHB 229-11a, 2000 Nov ; :1-98
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3731 - Ship building and repairing - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ce3ecdd0bd8c08e3f5e28520a2da0a44a5073f1482c0fbe5073e557135e588c0251c750d0f2c278240182d667611e2025dbd53efa5fc94ab8d6cd0e10552c844
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174862/cdc_174862_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.29 MB ]