Interim Survey Report: Recommendations for Ergonomics Interventions for Ship Repair Processes at Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation, Seattle, Washington

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• Personal Author:
  Hudock, Stephen D. ; 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 Todd Pacific Shipyard, as a method to identify and quantify ergonomic risk factors that workers may be exposed to in the course of their normal work duties. The application of exposure assessment techniques provided a quantitative analysis of the risk factors associated with the individual tasks. Based on these analyses, three ergonomic interventions are suggested for the Todd Pacific Shipyard: 1) an ergonomics training program for all production workers, 2) wheeled, adjustable work stools for shipboard welders, torch cutters, and grinders and 3) an orbital nozzle mount for the water jet blasting process in the dry dock area. Of these interventions, it is expected that the development of the ergonomic training program will have the most effective impact on reducing musculoskeletal injuries, and therefore it is the most strongly recommended change. Detailed descriptions of each intervention are provided including cost benefit analysis where appropriate.
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety Ships Staff Development Welding
• Keywords:
  Musculoskeletal-system-disorders OSHA Region 10 Shipbuilding-industry Shipyard-industry Shipyard-workers Shipyards Training Welders
• Series:
  Engineering and Physical Hazards Survey Reports
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHEPHB22918b
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Washington ; Seattle (WA) ; OSHA Region 10
• 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:
  1-18
• Contributor:
  Siegfried, Karl V. ; Hales, Thomas R. ; Bennett, Jamie
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021657
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2003-104178
• 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 229-18b, 2001 Feb ; :1-18
• 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-512:9641ecf1a1cd7f5a67a78c73dbc68c72ba78210d38c882659d8d9314fcbb74150395948c4c2ce188957af91c3856137e511e6c46c415c0258733c4156769904f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174882/cdc_174882_DS1.pdf
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