Ergonomic solutions for retailers : prevention of material handling injuries in the grocery sector

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson, Vernon P.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Hazard Evaluations and Technical Assistance Branch
• Description:
  This booklet was designed for retailers and safety experts to illustrate the use of mechanical assist devices for reducing manual materials handling (MMH) injuries in retail grocery work. This booklet provides illustrations of employees in a retail grocery store using mechanical assist devices to perform material handling tasks. For each task, there are multiple devices that can be used. The types and numbers of such devices that are used in a retail business depend on the nature of the business and the type of work employees perform. The technology presented will also support a retailer's growing internet sales that depends on moving large quantities of merchandise in a short time span and often with fewer employees.
  
  Suggested citation: NIOSH [2014]. Ergonomic solutions for retailers: prevention of material handling injuries in the grocery sector. By Anderson VP. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-100.
  
  NIOSHTIC No. 20045301
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2015100
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  iv, 18 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045301
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ba13e9f24082108a4bdb26f7b8fc019b305c4b83efb8d40444b59ae032e7b7b2d5f23b4bd884c88afa8245af557972d83a44e192b484999d8c382b88e5131b76
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26048/cdc_26048_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 13.47 MB ]