Nature and Cost of Low Back Pain

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• Personal Author:
  Gallagher S ; Hamrick, Christopher A.
• Description:
  Low back pain (LBP) represents a huge expense to the mining industry and to society as a whole. Any effort to control the problems associated with LBP requires an understanding of the nature of LBP. This review paper was written by the U.S. Bureau of Mines to describe the current state of knowledge regarding LBP-the causes, risk factors for LBP, effectiveness of treatments, recovery from back pain, and methods that can be used to help control the problem. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Analytical-processes Back-injuries Exposure-levels Hazards Injuries Materials-handling Mining-industry Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Physical-capacity Physical-fitness Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Work-capability Workers

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  37-43
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042070
• Citation:
  Improving safety at small underground mines. Peters RH ed. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, SP 18-94, 1994 Jan; :37-43
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Improving safety at small underground mines
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4abdacb9dadf7597c9e2ff6f3f057969e9b75ba89eeb50d9e50b4668870a07390c558b8e60800ede008ed6ce11084c25d46e0784e1068e3f1263d22e68f1a8b8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227515/cdc_227515_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 575.18 KB ]