Interim Survey Report: Recommendations for Ergonomics Engineering Interventions 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. 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. Possible engineering interventions to address the risk factors associated with these processes are discussed.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Confined Spaces Construction Industry Engineering Ergonomics Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Ships Ventilation Welding

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• Keywords:
  Confined-spaces Construction-Search Engineering-controls Fumes Materials-handling Muscle-function Musculoskeletal-system-disorders OSHA Region 5 Personal-protective-equipment Respirators Shipbuilding-industry Shipyard-industry Shipyard-workers Shipyards Ventilation-systems Welders

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• Series:
  Engineering and Physical Hazards Survey Reports
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHEPHB22911c
• 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:
  1-27
• Contributor:
  Siegfried, Karl V.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021654
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2003-103817
• 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 229-11c, 2001 Feb ; :1-27
• 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-512:5626246471f46b3ee3e1ca28b78995a722e2c26eca8e89fbba6b8b303437416f8d340a0bf104544d125a8706326daf74afc15504da83c04a8ed825ac6fe54920
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174864/cdc_174864_DS1.pdf
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