Implementation of Shipyard Ergonomic Interventions

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• Personal Author:
  Hales, Thomas R. ; Hudock, Stephen D. ; Reed, Laurence D. ; Siegfried KV ; Wurzelbacher, Steven J.
• Description:
  Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in conjunction with the Facilities and Tooling initiative of the MARITECH Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise, conducted a series of ergonomic interventions at eight shipbuilding, ship repair and ship breaking yards across the United States. These interventions were targeted to address those processes within the shipyards that resulted in the highest number, most severe, or costliest work-related musculoskeletal injuries. Examples of problem processes included confined space welding tasks, overhead insulation installation or removal, electric cable pulling, and exposure to vibrating powered hand tools. Pre-intervention risk factor analyses were conducted using various exposure assessment tecniques to develop baseline information for each process considered. Following the intervention implementation, the same exposure assessments were applied in order to quantify the effectiveness of each intervention. Productivity, quality and health metrics are discussed, as are technology transfer tecniques. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Ships
• Keywords:
  Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Injuries Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Risk-analysis Risk-factors Shipyard-industry Shipyard-workers Shipyards
• Publisher:
  The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; New Jersey ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022022
• Citation:
  2001 Ship Production Symposium and Expo, June 13-15, 2001, Ypsilanti, Michigan, Jersey City, NJ: The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 2001 Jun; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2001 Ship Production Symposium and Expo, June 13-15, 2001, Ypsilanti, Michigan
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d8bc6455ef4b9275c4704e1a54fadae75a27787e986576d6f6899cbeb628ba763e7c46ce291307cbf18cac9b1ae3e5ab97a4f38b9eaff0fd7ae7f4a7b8dd6a95
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199022/cdc_199022_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 787.01 KB ]