Wholesale and Retail Trade: NORA Sector Council Bulletin

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This NORA sector research program addresses the needs of wholesale and retail trade (WRT) for a safe future. This bulletin contains information about: 1. Save the Date - Prevention through Design Workshop July 9-11, 2007, Washington, DC. The Workshop will address four functional topics: a) Research: Benchmarking management practices related to PtD in the U.S & U.K; b) Education: Diffusing PtD principles through engineering textbooks; c) Practice: Moving NIOSH engineering design solutions into practice; and d) Policy: Integrating PtD concepts into management systems and standards. 2. Prevention of Slips, Trips, and Falls - Slips, trips, and falls constitute the majority of general industry accidents. In 2005, 52 WRT workers died from a fall. In the same year, there were a total of 52,040 cases of nonfatal injuries and illnesses attributed to falls. The majority (37,820) were in retail component. Fortunately, most falls are preventable. 3. Manual Materials Handling (MMH)-Leading Source of Workers' Compensation Claims - tasks (pushing, pulling, lifting, lowering, and carrying) are common job activities in the WRT sector and they also continue to be the leading source of workers' compensation claims (Dempsey and Maynard, 2005). In the 2005 paper in Professional Safety, the authors summarize the research conducted on MMH that took place over 20 years at the Liberty Mutual (LM) laboratories. The LM Tables provide the user with an objective risk assessment of a problem manual-handling job and the foundation to help users recognize risk factors associated with manual handling activity. The authors believe that the LM Tables will assist decision makers in making more cost effective solutions in increasing the percentage of the population capable of performing MMH tasks. 4. Let's Meet Face-to-Face - The WRT coordinator encourages the WRT Research Council (RC) to attend the Prevention through Design Workshop, July 9-11, at the Washington Hilton, DuPont Circle so the Council can piggy back on the PtD workshop and hold our 2nd WRT Research Council meeting immediately following the ending of the PtD morning session (July 11). 5. What's New in the WRT News - a list of new publications and upcoming conferences of interest to the WRT Sector audience. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Engineering Ergonomics Health Promotion Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  BLS Bureau Of Labor Statistics Equipment Design Falls Guidelines Health Programs Industrial Design Information Dissemination Injuries Injury Prevention Lifting Manual Lifting Manual Materials Handling Materials Handling Materials Handling Equipment Materials Transport MSD Musculoskeletal System Disorders Occupational Health Programs Occupational Safety Programs Partnership Prevention Through Design PTD Retail Workers Safety Education Safety Measures Safety Practices Safety Programs Safety Research Slips Slips, Trips, And Falls Statistical Analysis STF Task Performance Trips Walking Surfaces Warehousing Website Wholesale And Retail Trade Sector Research Program Work Environment Worker Health Worker Safety Workers Compensation Work Performance Workshops

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-3
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051052
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Wholesale and Retail Trade Sector Research Program, 2007 Apr; 1(5):1-3
• Contact Point Address:
  Vern Anderson, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  VAnderson@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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