NIOSH Testimony on Repetitive Trauma Disorders by L. J. Fine, June 6, 1989.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This testimony concerned the activity of NIOSH in the field of repetitive trauma disorders. Such disorders were a class of musculoskeletal disorders involving damage to the tendons, tendon sheaths, and the related bones, muscles, and nerves of the hands, wrists, elbows, arms, feet, knees, legs, neck and back. Diseases associated with such disorders included carpal tunnel syndrome, tendinitis, tenosynovitis, DeQuervain's Disease, low back pain, and vibration induced Raynaud's syndrome. Such injuries have occurred as a result of repeated harm, not isolated accidents. Since 1984 the numbers of such reported injuries have doubled, exceeding 72,900 cases in 1987, and accounting for up to 39 percent of all occupational illnesses reported to OSHA in 1987. Manufacturing industries had the highest rate, with the five highest manufacturing industries being meatpacking, manufacturing and household appliances, rubber and plastic footwear, office and furniture fixtures, and motor vehicles and equipment. A manual was developed by NIOSH which identified cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) of the upper limbs and identified risk factors, evaluated jobs and records and surveyed workers to determine if a problem was occurring, and provided guidelines for protecting workers in jobs that pose a serious risk. Current research programs in this area were described.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Carpal-tunnel-syndrome Construction-industry Cumulative-trauma Cumulative-trauma-disorders Epidemiology Fine-L-J Mining-industry Musculoskeletal-system-disorders NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Testimony Repetitive-work Vibration-disease

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Testimony
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00193553
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1989 Jun; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1989
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5490ef6b1c18fb05ee809c0c25f93396881812aca9556e813861acb4674a838a1208a5a6e50f2f2c757153c58288f57a7f2224a265c8fbe8c7b54e75a73dbf6e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180329/cdc_180329_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 410.38 KB ]