Ergonomics education for union health professionals.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Rodriguez M
• Description:
  The Workplace Health Fund has successfully established a network of five institutions offering a 32-hour training program on basic ergonomics principles (Ergonomics I). Topics covered included Repetitive Motion Injuries and Illnesses; Manual Material Handling; Tool and Fixture Design; Work Organization; Technology and Design; and Office Ergonomics. Labor professionals usually function in multiple capacities that mandate short-term educational programs that enable effective communication and interaction with professional ergonomists and management safety specialists. The program helps to accomplish the NIOSH objective of having an adequate supply of "para-professional occupational safety and health personnel to carry out the purposes of the Occupational Safety and Health Act." The growing demand of training in ergonomics mandated that this program be supplemented by a 16-hour program of advanced ergonomics principles (Ergonomics II) to provide additional "hands-on" education. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Ergonomics Health Personnel Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Education; Ergonomics; Health-care-personnel; Health-programs; Training; Work-performance; Work-practices; Teaching
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  1-18
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023778
• 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, T15-CCT-310452, 1997 Oct; :1-18
• Contact Point Address:
  UBC Health and Safety Fund, 101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Performing Organization:
  UBC Health and Safety Fund, Washington, D.C.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19930701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  19960630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/246349/cdc_246349_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]