Position and size of drywall on the physical demands for drywall installers

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• Personal Author:
  Yuan L
• Description:
  Construction workers who perform drywall installation are at a high risk of various musculoskeletal injuries and disorders, especially to the low back and shoulder areas. Researchers from Southeastern Louisiana University conducted a study to validate this by using an integrated biomechanical modeling approach to investigate the effects of position and size of drywall on the physical demands for drywall installers. The results demonstrated that both drywall storage position and size affect the physical demand of the work and may contribute to injury. The required muscle contraction forces and joint reaction forces at the low back and shoulder reduced approximately 8% (with a range of 3.6% - 12.8%) if the drywall sheets were stored vertically and spiked if the size of drywall sheets increased. The results could be used as guidance to help ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) make recommendations about drywall. Specifi cally, those 4x12 and 4x16 sheets increase the physical burden for drywall installers and could expose them to a higher risk of musculoskeletal injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomechanical Phenomena Construction Industry Construction Materials Engineering Ergonomics Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Biomechanical-modeling Biomechanics Construction Construction-industry Construction-materials Construction-workers Control-technology Engineering-controls Injury-prevention Manual-lifting Manual-materials-handling Materials-handling Models Muscle-function Musculoskeletal-system Skeletal-stress

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• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047222
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2014 Jun; :1
• Email:
  Lu.Yuan@selu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Position and size of drywall on the physical demands for drywall installers
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:60f074ebcd550d7437b03a61c59d71dd994d34593f7d72e8401135b00f705bbcc438a91da696cd92ac044d9213c4fba28a029d0b5ddd7bf3e08d7dc8a6323dce
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202376/cdc_202376_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 68.79 KB ]