Relationships between job organisational factors, biomechanical and psychosocial exposures

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• Personal Author:
  Bao SS ; Garg, Arun ; Hegmann KT ; Kapellusch JM ; Merryweather AS ; Silverstein BA ; Thiese MS
• Description:
  The relationships between work organizational, biomechanical and psychosocial factors were studied using cross-sectional data from a pooled dataset of 1834 participants. The work organizational factors included: job rotation, overtime work, having second jobs and work pace. Task and job level biomechanical variables were obtained through sub-task data collected in the field or analyzed in the laboratory. Psychosocial variables were collected based on responses to ten questions. The results showed that job rotations had significant effects on all biomechanical and most psychosocial measures. Those with job rotations generally had higher job biomechanical stressors, and lower job satisfaction. Overtime work was associated with higher job biomechanical stressors, and possibly self-reported physical exhaustion. Those having second jobs reported getting along with co-workers well. Work pace had significant influences on all biomechanical stressors, but its impact on job biomechanical stressors and psychosocial effects are complicated. Practitioner Summary: The findings are based on a large number of subjects collected by three research teams in diverse US workplaces. Job rotation practices used in many workplaces may not be effective in reducing job biomechanical stressors for work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Overtime work is also associated with higher biomechanical stressors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Mental Health Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders Biological-systems Body-mechanics Humans Job-analysis Job-rotation Job-stress Job Risk Assessment Job Rotation Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Overtime Work Physiological-stress Psychological-factors Risk-analysis Risk-factors Sociological-factors Task-performance Work-intervals Work-organization Work Pace

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• ISSN:
  0014-0139
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah ; Washington ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  179-194
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046368
• Citation:
  Ergonomics 2016 Feb; 59(2):179-194
• Contact Point Address:
  Stephen S. Bao, Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Olympia, Washington, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Ergonomics
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201447/cdc_201447_DS1.pdf
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