Whole-Body Vibration and Postural Stress Among Operators of Construction Equipment: A Literature Review

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• Personal Author:
  Buchholz B ; Kittusamy, Nanda K.
• Description:
  Operators of construction equipment perform various duties at work that expose them to a variety of risk factors that may lead to health problems. A few of the health hazards among operators of construction equipment are: (a) whole-body vibration, (b) awkward postural requirements (including static sitting), (c) dust, (d) noise, (e) temperature extremes, and (f) shift work. It has been suggested that operating engineers (OEs) are exposed to two important risk factors for the development of musculoskeletal disorders: whole-body vibration and non-neutral body postures. This review evaluates selected papers that have studied exposure to whole-body vibration and awkward posture among operators of mobile equipment. There have been only few studies that have specifically examined exposure of these risk factors among operators of construction equipment. Thus other studies from related industry and equipment were reviewed as applicable. In order to better understand whole-body vibration and postural stress among OEs, it is recommended that future studies are needed in evaluating these risk factors among OEs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Dust Hazardous Substances Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Noise Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Temperature Vibration

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• Keywords:
  Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Dust-exposure Equipment-operators Health-hazards Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Noise-exposure Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Posture Risk-factors Temperature-effects Vibration-effects Vibration-exposure

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0022-4375
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SRL - Spokane Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  255-261
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026090
• Citation:
  J Safety Res 2004 Aug; 35(3):255-261
• Email:
  NFK8@CDC.GOV
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Traumatic Injuries
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:22ac137e9cda9ba8d85bf272525e24338cf049d65839e3e68a3e0b990c80c3c5ce719c4df876babdee92f5914cc2c209e79b431e1890249e792f0a7e0048c73d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220968/cdc_220968_DS1.pdf
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