Ergonomic Analysis of Construction Tasks for Risk Factors for Overexertion Injuries

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• Personal Author:
  Everett JG
• Description:
  Construction activities and tasks which place craft workers at risk for overexertion injuries were identified. A catalog of construction activities broken down step by step at the Basic Task level was developed. Each of 65 common construction activities was broken into tasks and evaluated for repetitive exertions, static exertions, forceful exertions, localized mechanical stresses, posture stresses, low temperature and vibration. For each risk factor each step was rated on a scale of 1 to 3, with 1 being insignificant, 2 moderate and 3 high. Virtually every activity has at least one risk factor with a score of 3. Of the 65 examined activities, 53 had at least one constituent task with at least two risk factors with scores of 3; 36 activities had at least one constituent task with at least three risk factors with a score of 3. Experiments were performed to analyze vibration in hammer handles. One steel handled hammer design transmitted significantly less vibration than a wood handled hammer. Another study evaluated the effect of drywall panel and joint orientation on productivity and postural stresses for drywall finishers. Depending on the wall geometry, the choice between vertical and horizontal joint orientation can make a large difference in the time required to finish the joints. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Ergonomics Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Construction-industry Construction-workers Hand-tools NIOSH-Grant Risk-factors Traumatic-injuries Vibration-exposure Work-analysis Work-practices
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-148
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00238196
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-207179
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R03-OH-03154, 1997 May; :1-148
• Contact Point Address:
  Civil Engineering the University of Michigan 2352 G G Brown Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19930930
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  19950929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d4e883cc36cbaa75229bdeab3fbbd866aeba075f47824a6bcd4adb43282b6af78d5b63df3133899dbd26c4824a2b8f77e1219928d9a5929c2cb9fa6ab38df66f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217924/cdc_217924_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 2.70 MB ]