A Precursor to Ergonomics Best Practices for the Shipyard Industries

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• Personal Author:
  Hales, Thomas R. ; Hudock, Stephen D. ; Reed, Laurence D. ; Siegfried KV ; Wurzelbacher, Steven J.
• Description:
  Many of the job processes being performed today in ship construction, repair and recycling yards do not differ significantly from those same processes as performed fifty years ago. The complexity of vessels may have increased dramatically in the past fifty years but many of the job processes have not kept pace with changes in technology. Due in part to the mismatch of technology between work processes and product design, researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in collaboration with the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) and the Martitime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH), have conducted a series of ergonomic analyses of work processes at a number of domestic shipyards. These analyses have identified specific work processes within the shipyards that have resulted in numerous, severe, or costly muscoloskeletal injuries to the shipyard workforce. The mitigation of the occupational risk factors associated with these processes was the focus of targeted ergonomic interventions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Ergonomics Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Ships
• Keywords:
  Engineering-controls Injuries Injury-prevention Musculoskeletal-system Shipbuilding-industry Shipyard-industry Shipyards Work-practices
• ISSN:
  8756-1417
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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:
  145-150
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021760
• Citation:
  J Ship Production 2001 Aug; 17(3):145-150
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury ; Work Environment And Workforce ; Disease and Injury: Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Ship Production
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:755b4b21c9dcdc84e34ee5aaf6ba10c202e163fe2fae75df559d7e65b878a511072ab05778e9a3067323231a25062737881fdd9c11f750a3b9a242cfac78449e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198869/cdc_198869_DS1.pdf
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