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Advancing Workplace Safety Surveillance with Ambulatory Inertial Sensors: A Research to Practice to Research Study



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  • Personal Author:
    Schall M
  • Description:
    Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are prevalent in the United States and are a major cause of pain, disability, and lost productivity. Occupational health and safety personnel employed in industries that commonly report a high incidence of MSDs, such as manufacturing, are often responsible for evaluating and modifying workspaces to prevent these conditions. The routine use of imprecise and biased self-report and/or observational-based exposure assessment methods, however, often limit such efforts. Wearable ambulatory inertial sensors (AISs) are direct measurement technologies that have recently emerged as a more objective approach for performing assessments of exposure to physical risk factors such as extremes of posture in the working environment. This presentation will focus on a research project supported by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) / National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH; Grant # K01OH011183) that aims to address three methodological research gaps that currently prevent the broad adoption of AISs among industrial occupational health and safety personnel. In particular, a component of the project involves the development, evaluation, and implementation of a Research to Practice to Research (RtPtR) web application that summarizes direct measurements obtained from AISs to better inform operational decision-making. This web application as well as other findings of the project and their RtPtR implications will be discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISBN:
    9781938496578
  • Publisher:
    International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety (ISOES)
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Abstract or Summary
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20067011
  • Citation:
    Proceedings of the XXXIst Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference, June 12-13, 2019, New Orleans, Louisiana. Amsterdam: International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety (ISOES), 2019 Jun; :123
  • Email:
    mark-schall@auburn.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2019
  • NORA Priority Area:
    Manufacturing
  • Performing Organization:
    Auburn University
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20180901
  • Source Full Name:
    Proceedings of the XXXIst Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference, June 12-13, 2019, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • End Date:
    20210831
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:8aa98b3084f4cf34b10e4ee6666a9dcbd75fa6a0e6087b73d9bab4180d52c61e1ab23ba51966ac091dc7a498cb54f574028c5ef2ee1d8332590c842fc21886e4
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