Adoption and Diffusion of Safety Improved Nail Guns

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• Personal Author:
  Albers, James T. ; Hudock, Stephen D. ; Lipscomb H ; Lowe, Brian D. ; Lu-M-L
• Description:
  The U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is conducting a study of pneumatic nail gun safety and ergonomics, with the goal of moving toward a reduction in nail gun-related injuries in the U.S. Despite epidemiologic evidence showing the superiority of the sequential actuation trigger for reducing acute traumatic injuries, use of the contact actuation trigger ("bump fire") persists in the U.S. It is not well understood why this is the case. This project will assess users' perceptions and attitudes about pneumatic nail gun trigger systems and will evaluate differences in productivity and musculoskeletal loading between the trigger systems. It is believed that a better understanding of user perceptions about nail gun safety and productivity is critical to inform social marketing efforts with respect to safer nail gun use. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Cumulative Trauma Disorders Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Cumulative-trauma-disorders Injuries Injury-prevention Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Pneumatic-equipment Pneumatic-tools Power-tools Traumatic-injuries
• Publisher:
  International Ergonomics Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036587
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Ergonomics (IEA2009), Beijing, China, August 9-14, 2009. Madison, WI: International Ergonomics Association, 2009 Aug; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Ergonomics (IEA2009), Beijing, China, August 9-14, 2009
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b71516cbb5c403cda193d42b3e973f2aea1e8c17a0b8d6232d81508c2bdd5ce69209f90d823cb7f4767a3f3109abd85f839253fa055690a397ece468ce307d9f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187951/cdc_187951_DS1.pdf
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