Assessing Low Back Stress in the Construction Industry Using the Continuous Assessment of Back Stress (CABS) Method

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• Personal Author:
  Kelaher DP ; Lawrence BM ; Mirka GA ; Nay DT
• Description:
  The construction industry has long been identified as a high risk industry for low back injuries due to the significant amount of manual materials handling and awkward trunk postures associated with many of its jobs. The variable nature of the tasks performed by construction workers expose these workers to risk factors for both acute and cumulative trauma injuries. The aim of this research project was to develop a modeling system that made use of existing assessment tools and probabilistic presentations of low back stress. The results of this analysis are distributions of biomechanical stress that provide an appreciation for both the acute and cumulative trauma risks posed by these jobs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Environmental Health Ergonomics Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Construction-industry Construction-workers Environmental-factors Manual-materials-handling Materials-handling Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Posture Weight-factors
• ISBN:
  9780945289074
• ISSN:
  1071-1813
• Publisher:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  42
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024118
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42nd Annual Meeting, October 5-9, 1998, Chicago, Illinois, Human-System Interaction: The Sky's No Limit. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1998 Oct; 42(Ind Erg):886-890
• Contact Point Address:
  The Ergonomics Laboratory, Department of Industrial Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7906
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7906
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19960930
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42nd Annual Meeting, October 5-9, 1998, Chicago, Illinois, Human-System Interaction: The Sky's No Limit
• End Date:
  20000630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e17bc20c261b18b6296b10ddf453817cfa275a2c2a84287618ef1b5db98fa71b08b75c92f2248e425cae1c12c736174d295e2d05165db2727a88bf9cd10400f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196090/cdc_196090_DS1.pdf
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