Construction Ergonomics Checklist

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Description:
  Checklist for labor and management to use jointly to survey the worksite periodically for ergonomic hazards. Helps users develop an "eye" for ergonomic hazards on the jobsite. Covers categories of Materials handling, Tools, Repetitive work, Awkward postures, Standing, Surface for walking and working, Seating, Production pressures, Training, and Musculoskeletal symptoms), with a summary section for prioritizing hazards and solutions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Construction Materials Ergonomics Hazardous Substances Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-materials Construction-workers Health-hazards Human-factors-engineering Humans Injury-prevention Job-analysis Manual-materials-handling Materials-handling Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Physiological-factors Posture Repetitive-work Tools Work-performance Worker-health

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• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Publisher:
  The Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Handbooks
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040014
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: The Center to Protect Workers' Rights, 1997 Jan; :1-6
• Contact Point Address:
  The Center to Protect Workers' Rights, Suite 1000, 8484 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD, 20910
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19950701
• Source Full Name:
  Construction Ergonomics Checklist
• End Date:
  20010630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:08fb75abc7f4d81feca3a37945d49069052fc30c5a5c4c48fcf9f8c88ce8dcaf5988138ea8c948e5fa0ab0116ab7f36cfb5b7589eaba34b4e9bd29dde60550ca
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213233/cdc_213233_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 72.94 KB ]