Ergonomic Intervention: A Case Study in a Mass Production Environment

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• Personal Author:
  Estill, Cheryl F. ; MacDonald, Leslie A.
• Description:
  Household appliance manufacturing involves manually intensive parts assembly performed at a fixed work pace that is governed by assembly line speed. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the household appliance industry was the twelfth highest for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), with 268 cases per 10,000 workers. (1) Likewise, the Australian domestic appliance industry was one of the six highest industries for risk of repetitive trauma syndromes. (2) Kaplan and Knutson (3) found that women employed in the household appliance industry in Wisconsin incurred 80 percent of the incidence of repeated trauma injuries for that industry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health
• 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:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022290
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2002 Aug; 17(8):521-527
• Contact Point Address:
  Division of Applied Research and Technology, NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, USA
• Editor(s):
  Tharr D
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities
• 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/199110/cdc_199110_DS1.pdf
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