Clinical guidelines for occupational lifting in pregnancy: evidence summary and provisional recommendations

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• Personal Author:
  Goddard DE ; Hudock, Stephen D. ; MacDonald, Leslie A. ; Napolitano PG ; Nielsen P ; Ryan MA ; Waters, Thomas R.
• Description:
  Empirically-based lifting criteria established by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to reduce risk of overexertion injuries in the general U.S. working population were evaluated for application to pregnant workers. This report proposes criteria to guide decisions by medical providers about permissible weights for lifting tasks performed at work over the course of an uncomplicated pregnancy. Our evaluation included an extensive review of the literature linking occupational lifting to maternal and fetal health. Although it has been 29 years since the American Medical Association's (AMA) Council on Scientific Affairs published its report on the Effects of Pregnancy on Work Performance, these guidelines continue to influence clinical decisions and workplace policies. Provisional clinical guidelines derived from the NIOSH lifting criteria are presented that account for recent evidence for maternal and fetal health, and aim to improve the standard of care for pregnant workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Fetus Occupational Health Pregnancy Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Lifting Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Health-protection Occupational Hazard Physiological-factors Physiology Recommendations Weight-factors Work-capability Work-environment Work-performance Work-practices Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  0002-9378
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  80-88
• Volume:
  209
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042308
• Citation:
  Am J Obstet Gynecol 2013 Aug; 209(2):80-88
• Contact Point Address:
  Leslie MacDonald, Sc.D., National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS R-15, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998
• Email:
  lmacdonald@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing ; Wholesale and Retail Trade
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:516bba9946ddeb6dd5217d7fc4d6040d510663ed35db1a2a05a677919f2cb0d097ac96a0bfc4f993fe50df323b7385e55454f6c1df59fefe3229c55a024ed5cd
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194573/cdc_194573_DS1.pdf
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