The High Cost of Overexertion

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• Personal Author:
  Mulhern, Barbara ; Putz-Anderson, Vernon
• Description:
  Overexertion injuries are more common in retail than any other private sector establishment. How retailers can reverse the trend and save valuable resources. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Food Handling Food Industry Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Arm-injuries Back-injuries Grocery-stores Injuries Injury-prevention Manual-lifting Manual-materials-handling Materials-handling Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Retail-workers Warehousing

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• ISSN:
  1530-8154
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  28-31
• Volume:
  49
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035110
• Citation:
  Retail Merchan 2009 Jan; 49(1):28-31
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Wholesale and Retail Trade
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Retail Merchandiser
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ffa4a3af6101959ac229611f20ab3866816f72c8989cbc7a463a04b37d2d9a0020dd9df6ba298acead7d96bfd43e7c7691aaef468fd633592360df8613a40da3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187070/cdc_187070_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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