Recommendations for Reducing Mine Worker Cumulative Trauma Exposure

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• Personal Author:
  Cornelius, Kim M. ; Turin, Fred C.
• Description:
  Work in underground coal mines is repetitive and physically demanding. Workers commonly report a wide range of aches and pains. Management at one mine was concerned about increased reporting of aches and pains by roof bolting machine operators. An analysis of roof bolting tasks was conducted at this mine to identify early warning signs of cumulative trauma. Health and safety risk factors were identified and recommendations to reduce cumulative trauma exposure were provided. Recommendations addressed job procedures, equipment design, and worker awareness of risk factors. The results of this work may be useful for other dynamic work environments. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Ergonomics Hazardous Substances Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Ergonomics Coal-mining Cumulative Trauma Health-hazards Machine-operators Mining Mining-industry Risk-factors Risk Factors Safety-measures Traumatic-injuries Underground-mining Work-environment Worker-health Workers

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory ; NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023440
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, 10th Annual Industrial Engineering Solutions Conference, 2001. Norcross, GA: Institute of Industrial Engineers 2001 Jan; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, 10th Annual Industrial Engineering Solutions Conference
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:32395e33a993d239f532fa5d0723611a12a8bb46f3e9be43941071b984d0a9fb16f94121d51048fb46c19536556eb8b900ea9ad97050464ec60b1eaee404177d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220692/cdc_220692_DS1.pdf
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