Reducing Ergonomic Injuries for Librarians Using a Participatory Approach

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• Personal Author:
  Yuan L
• Description:
  This study utilized a participatory ergonomics approach to examine the ergonomic hazards and to reduce musculoskeletal symptoms for librarians in the East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library. A total of 39 employees from 9 different divisions in the Library participated in the study. The results of pre- and post-training ergonomics knowledge tests indicate significant improvement of librarians' understanding of ergonomics principles, whereas the questionnaire responses for both 2-month-post- and 8-month-post- the ergonomics training compared against those before the training have shown positive improvements in the majority of musculoskeletal symptom presence and severity, computer workstation, manual material handling, and perceived control over the work environment. With the identification of ergonomic hazards through RULA (Rapid Upper Limb Assessment) and REBA (Rapid Entire Body Assessment) observations as well as focus group discussions, the study findings accomplish the project's overall objective of assisting librarians to improve ergonomics in the workplace. The results of this study provide foundation for future long-term study of participatory ergonomics to reduce musculoskeletal injuries and disorders for librarians and other service sector workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Participatory Ergonomics Body Mechanics Librarians Manual Materials Handling MSD Musculoskeletal Disorders Musculoskeletal Symptom Questionnaires Training
• ISBN:
  9781439870242
• Publisher:
  CRC Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Louisiana ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  161-170
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064552
• Citation:
  Advances in usability evaluation part I. Soares MM, Rebelo F eds. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2013 Jan; (Pt 1):161-170
• Contact Point Address:
  Lu Yuan, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, USA
• Email:
  Lu.Yuan@selu.edu
• Editor(s):
  Soares MM; Rebelo F
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Part Number:
  1
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Advances in usability evaluation part I
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cee9233234c7839523ce4e06d349ec9cb064209aabf873c581fc70d38969bef3b234c517a6621b1c1111ddc42e4d5943cdfe41a8f928ca695d4787ae937bd7c2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222994/cdc_222994_DS1.pdf
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