Development of a risk factor analysis model for predicting postural instability at workplace

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• Personal Author:
  Bagchee A ; Bhattacharya, Amit ; Lai C-F ; Succop P
• Description:
  Falls at the workplace are often preceded by a momentary loss of balance that may be attributed to several risk factors related to the workplace and the worker. Based on the multiple regression analysis performed on 52 industrial workers in a laboratory-based study, a risk factor analysis model was developed to evaluate the potential for postural instability. Based on the regression model, a windows-based application has been developed with simplified user-interface for entering the risk factors associated with any particular task. It shows the relative level of postural stability for a combination of risk factors and allows graphical display of whatif analyses. The model illustrates the possible use of laboratory-based statistical models to actual worksite analysis in determining the risk factors that would have a significant impact in reducing postural imbalance and preventing fall-related injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis
• ISBN:
  9789051993493
• Publisher:
  IOS Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  87-90
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041232
• Citation:
  Advances in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety 1997: Proceedings of the Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference, June 1-4, 1997, Washington DC, U.S.A. Das B, Karwowski W, eds., Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press, 1997 Jun; :87-90
• Editor(s):
  Das B; Karwowski W
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19940930
• Source Full Name:
  Advances in Occupational Ergonomics and Safety 1997: Proceedings of the Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference, June 1-4, 1997, Washington DC, U.S.A.
• End Date:
  19940930
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f5713e19a1c60fa8cd1bc08311f9b4f5defe28afb57a15bdf0f3aa5467d0810ab94b0f7e86767cf05819d8b379401233d3bf9000fd71f2716b44dbc209438a44
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193838/cdc_193838_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 182.40 KB ]