An observational tool to assess work organizational factors

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• Personal Author:
  Howard N
• Description:
  In a large 5-year prospective study of work-related upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders (UEMSDs), conducted by the SHARP Program in Washington State, an observational tool was used to assess the organization of work in twelve worksites in the health care and manufacturing industries. The tool, a two-page checklist, assessed the physical, social and temporal aspects of the work, and the global and task level job content. A comparison between industry sectors found variability. Significant associations between industry sector and both structural restraints of the task activities (p<0.0001) and pacing determinant (p<0.0001) were found. Several work organizational factors were negatively correlated including labor skill level and pacing determinant (-0.51, p<0.0001). Other work organization factors were positively correlated such as social content and pacing determinant (0.62, p<0.0001). These data will be used to investigate the relationships between physical, psychosocial, work organizational and individual factors and the risk of UEMSDs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Ergonomics Health-care-personnel Humans Muscular-disorders Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Repetitive-work Work-organization
• ISSN:
  1071-1813
• Publisher:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  49
• Issue:
  14
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040954
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting, September 26-30, 2005, Orlando, Florida. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2005 Sep; 49(14):1375-1379
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20000930
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting, September 26-30, 2005, Orlando, Florida
• End Date:
  20060929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d87a57eaafc6cf54693b8365b20b5ded8affc62f70aece286ac083a884dd6b5db02ea1e994d3e603d73f84be0bcd31d391fa4d171b77ac1d85e8df92713fe921
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193642/cdc_193642_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 97.77 KB ]