Most common compensation claims for farm and ranch employees in the United States: back injuries from manual materials handling

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• Personal Author:
  Etherton J ; Jensen R ; Myers J ; Russell J
• Description:
  Workers' compensation data were searched for records about claims among farm and ranch employees in the United States. Over 36 percent were coded in the sprains/strains category. Almost half of the sprain/strain cases affected the worker's back. Over half of these were attributed to manual materials-handling incidents. These findings suggest that funding for farm and ranch safety programs should emphasize programs to prevent sprains and strains associated with manual handling. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Agriculture Ergonomics Farmers Livestock Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Age Groups Agricultural Workers Back Injuries Farm Workers Humans Livestock Industry Manual Materials Handling Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Repetitive-work Safety Programs Task-performance

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• ISBN:
  9780969854412
• Publisher:
  Human Factors Association of Canada
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  246-248
• Volume:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048517
• Citation:
  IEA '94, proceedings of the 12th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, August 15-19, 1994, Toronto, Canada, Volume 2: Ergonomics in Occupational Health and Safety. Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Human Factors Association of Canada, 1994 Aug; 2:246-248
• Contact Point Address:
  Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  IEA '94, proceedings of the 12th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, August 15-19, 1994, Toronto, Canada, Volume 2: Ergonomics in Occupational Health and Safety
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:88411b3ed893b8c2f08ad43626e6c0d23da776eb57db442dab94e9fe121771c61b9835a231ea683d3e8d1d4f97fa1746ae5ae475a271a63d68767b97b1e24326
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203257/cdc_203257_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.27 MB ]