Demonstration of ergonomic intervention in the red-meat packing industry. Final report.

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• Personal Author:
  Monroe JF ; Schoenmarklin RW
• Description:
  An ergonomics program was established, consisting of ergonomics teams which would attempt to decrease the severity and cost of cumulative trauma disorders at the Emmber Foods, Incorporated facility. The effectiveness of these teams in terms of organizational development and physical aspects of ergonomics was evaluated. The company was a medium sized beef processor employing about 700 workers. The two ergonomics teams, bone trimming and meat stuffing, ran well organized and efficient meetings and each team member's contribution was heard. The major negative aspects of the teams were a lack of clarification of the purpose of the team and the members' responsibilities, and meeting deadlines. The benefits of the teams extend beyond improvements in health and safety statistics into the realm of general management and labor relations. A list of recommendations for establishing participatory ergonomic teams at other meat processing facilities was included. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Food-Processing Industry Food Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Cooperative-Agreement; Human-factors-engineering; Meat-packing-industry; Food-processing-industry; Meat-handlers;
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-125
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00224014
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95182440
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U60-CCU-508728, 1994 May; :1-125
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/246290/cdc_246290_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]