Nursery Tools for Work Efficiency

Details

• Personal Author:
  Chapman L ; Miquelon M ; Newenhouse A
• Description:
  Our goal: Find and promote work efficiency tools that maintain health and safety and increase profits for nursery growers in the upper Midwest. The three topics of this presentation are as follows: 1. Health problems we're concerned about. 2. Eight tools that save labor and are easier on the body. 3. Where to get more info on tools for growers. Target Health Problems: Cumulative injury, i.e. back pain, knee pain, and repetitive stress on hands, wrists and joints. Traumatic injury such as crushed fingers or being pinned between tractor and wagon. Eight tools that improve the speed, efficiency and safety of specific nursery tasks: 1. Field stool; 2. Pot filling machine; 3. Container stabilization methods; 4. No-climb tarping systems; 5. Electronic pruners; 6. One person hitch; 7. Long handled diamond hoe; 8. Tree guard zipper. For more information, please contact Astrid Newenhouse, Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Ergonomics Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Processes Agricultural Workers Injury Prevention Safety Practices Tools Traumatic Injuries
• Publisher:
  University of Wisconsin
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-27
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061202
• Citation:
  Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin, 2006 Dec; :1-27
• Contact Point Address:
  Astrid Newenhouse, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Biological Systems Engineering 460 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706
• Email:
  astridn@wisc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20030930
• Source Full Name:
  Nursery tools for work efficiency
• End Date:
  20080929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b2c9c0350f3c748be3d763fa2c64f1544f493fcdd809fb4ab4fd76f827e623cbf51979367fd395e20f1db32bfa46bd64cdf668f658def69ecc09379863b3aa3e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224817/cdc_224817_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.56 MB ]