Manual Materials Handling

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• Personal Author:
  Waters, Thomas R.
• Description:
  Nearly half the cases of back pain reported by workers each year are work-related. These injuries accounted for more than 543 million lost working days: approximately 12% of the respondents stopped working or changed jobs due to back pain. This chapter provides an overview of the hazards associated with manual materials handling (MMH); it will focus on muscular strains and sprains, primarily of the lower back. Overuse and overexertion injuries of the upper extremities are covered in Chapter 2. The prevention of these injuries requires sufficient knowledge to both identify workplace hazards and implement changes in the job or process that will reduce or eliminate these hazards. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Emergencies Mining Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Software
• Keywords:
  Ergonomics Manual Lifting Manual Materials Handling Materials Handling Muscle Function Musculoskeletal System Disorders Repetitive Work Risk Analysis
• ISBN:
  9780471386476
• Publisher:
  Wiley-Interscience
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• 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:
  51-77
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023303
• Citation:
  Physical and biological hazards of the workplace, second edition. Wald PH, Stave GM, eds. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 2002 Jan; :51-77
• Editor(s):
  Wald PH; Stave GM
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Physical and biological hazards of the workplace, second edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e89cc1943a91880ec47fb23c313db2c2dd51a4f99521f3a9f74ddb812db6bc1b4a9aa849056b9ed1bad8753bc676c1f1ea332f3b335ba24241d3f765dc7a863f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195817/cdc_195817_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.84 MB ]