Developing Ergonomic Interventions to Reduce Musculoskeletal Disorders in Grocery Distribution Centers

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• Personal Author:
  Johnson MR ; Lavender SA ; Radin Z ; Sommerich CM
• Description:
  The purpose of this work was to explore intervention concepts aimed at addressing the workers' needs in grocery distribution centers. Worker interviews indicated that many of the items that they handle are heavy, including cases of meat (up to 80 lbs), juice, water, and detergent. Management and safety personnel who participated in a brainstorming focus group session indicated key ergonomic issues include the weight of the meat cases, extended reaching, and even more specifically, overhead reaching. Intervention ideas discussed during the brainstorming indicated a need for mechanisms that reduce reach distances by keeping product close to the order picking aisle and mechanisms that relieve the physical burden of handling heavy product from their storage slots onto the order-picker's pallet jack. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Grocery Stores Intervention Manual Lifting MSD Musculoskeletal Disorders Retail Workers
• ISSN:
  1071-1813
• Publisher:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  15
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058278
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 54th Annual Meeting, September 27-October 1, 2010, San Francisco, California. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2010 Sep; 54(15):1229-1233
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  Ohio State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 54th Annual Meeting, September 27-October 1, 2010, San Francisco, California
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:03c2f0c3acf345f96941c99d2e1c81ff411143e964ef3a83723d840367bfa5769ece84db3a2bd193da822553aefcd2301ba783e019dbb99486249c64febdc8f8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221405/cdc_221405_DS1.pdf
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