Bureau of Mines Ergonomic Research to Reduce Back Injuries and Improve Ergonomics Aspects of Mining Equipment

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• Personal Author:
  Gallagher S ; Unger, Richard L.
• Description:
  In the past few years, several companies in the mining industry have come to realize that ergonomics is an effective method of controlling costs and improving the health and safety of workers. Benefits that may be derived through the ergonomics approach may include more efficient operation, fewer accidents, lower operating costs, and more effective use of personnel. This paper discusses the use of ergonomics to reduce the cost and incidence of back injuries and to improve the design of mining machinery in underground coal mines. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Ergonomics Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Coal-miners Coal-mining Injuries Injury-prevention Materials-handling Materials-handling-equipment Mine-workers Miners Mining-equipment Mining-industry Traumatic-injuries Underground-miners Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  165-173
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10011540
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Institute on Mining Health, Safety and Research, Blacksburg, Virginia, August 24-26, 1992. Tinney G, Bacho A, Karmis M, eds., Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992 Aug; :165-73
• Editor(s):
  Tinney G; Bacho A; Karmis M
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Institute on Mining Health, Safety and Research, Blacksburg, Virginia, August 24-26, 1992
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3d61776dbf0486c60a5d5f21d60f801e6e48271191cdead59ba29d286ba10d0adcec063c6b24f7c46ffd0ef6425b1408a0ee0ff2d57189c3f8ed151b6a5a4684
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220176/cdc_220176_DS1.pdf
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