Role of postural stability in industrial falls.

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• Personal Author:
  Bagchee A ; Bhattacharya, Amit ; Chiou Y ; Lai F ; Mitchell, Terry ; Succop P
• Description:
  The effect of environmental, job task, and personal factors on the ability of the worker to maintain upright posture stability while performing simulated industrial tasks was investigated. Factors tested included surface contamination, surface friction, standing surface firmness, lighting, blocked peripheral vision due to work layout, workload, age, sex, and physical fitness. Fifty two workers, ranging in age from 21 to 55 years, were tested using a multi axis force platform system while performing simulated industrial tasks. Subjective and objective measures of postural stability were used. A short questionnaire type loss of balance perception scale was developed and tested for this project. Risk factors (ranked highest to lowest) for propensity of loss of balance were lighting, peripheral view, standing surface compliance, and workload. A statistical model was developed which can be used to predict estimated increase in postural imbalance from baseline condition for various fall risk factors. The neural network modeling approach was also applied for predicting postural instability associated with fall risk factors. Description provided by NIOSH
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Age Factors
  • Ergonomics
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • NIOSH-Grant; Traumatic-injuries; Physical-stress; Accident-analysis; Ergonomics; Age-factors; Sex-factors; Physical-fitness; Work-environment
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  1-174
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00228281
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95269940
• 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, R01-OH-002794, 1994 Dec; :1-174
• Contact Point Address:
  Environmental Health University of Cincinnati 3223 Eden Ave Cincinnati, OH 45267-0056
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19901201
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  19940929
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/246308/cdc_246308_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d