Ergonomic Interventions and Innovations for the Maritime Industries

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• Personal Author:
  Hudock, Stephen D. ; Reed, Laurence D. ; Siegfried KV ; Wurzelbacher, Steven J.
• Description:
  Many of the job processes being performed at ship construction, repair, and recycling yards today do not significantly differ from those same processes as seen fifty years ago. Individual workers still use stick welding equipment to connect subassemblies into bigger blocks or units. Workers enter confined spaces and assume awkward postures to complete welding, writing, piping, electrical or insulation tasks. The complexity of the vessels may have increased over fifty years but many of the job processes have not kept pace with changes in technology. Due in part to the mismatch in technology between work processes and product design, researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conduced a series of ergonomic interventions at a number of domestic shipyards. These interventions addressed those processes linked to the most numerous or most severe chronic musculoskeletal disorders among the maritime production work force. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Ships
• Keywords:
  Marine Workers Musculoskeletal System Disorders Shipbuilding Industry Shipyard Industry Shipyards Shipyard Workers Welding Equipment Workers
• Publisher:
  Servicio de Publicaciones-Universidad de Cadiz
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Maine ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20020957
• Citation:
  New Maritime Impulses in the Presence of a New Century, Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Maritime Technological Innovations and Research, November 8-11, 2000, Cadiz, Spain. F Piniella, A Bocanegra, J Olivella, R Rodriguez-Martos, eds. Cadiz, Spain: Servicio de Publicaciones-Universidad de Cadiz, 2000 Nov; :1114-1120
• Editor(s):
  Piniella F; Bocanegra A; Olivella J; Rodriguez-Martos R
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  New Maritime Impulses in the Presence of a New Century, Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Maritime Technological Innovations and Research, November 8-11, 2001, Cadiz, Spain
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f77310afba769b7e31cc1243596736cdc8befd2b7e8ea9b994ea677371e8a6995c6ae9e83046e3b816a3bfe4ba5b5087a27d82151d7548739d4e379ef4f54d0e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198572/cdc_198572_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 885.45 KB ]