Controlling the Ergonomic Hazards of Wiring Tasks for Household Appliances

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Employees who perform repetitive wiring tasks on assembly lines may be at risk of developing carpal tunnel syndrome and other musculoskeletal disorders of the hand, wrist, and arm. Because 88 percent of household appliances are electrically powered, many workers assembling household appliances perform wiring operations. Some workers attach up to five wires during a 20-second cycle time.Workers who make the connections by hand often wrap their fingers with tape at the location of contact stresses. The average amount of force required to connect a standard crimp terminal to its tab varies from 12 to 32 lb., depending on the gauge of the wire. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Ergonomics Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Assembly-line-workers Body-mechanics Carpal-tunnel-syndrome Control-methods Control-technology Electrical-equipment Engineering-controls Hand-injuries Hand-tools Industrial-engineering Muscular-disorders Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Occupational-exposure Pneumatic-tools Repetitive-work

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• ISSN:
  1047-322X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  289-291
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027669
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 1999 May; 14(5):289-291
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197617/cdc_197617_DS1.pdf
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