Reducing work-related musculoskeletal disorders among rodbusters

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• Personal Author:
  Albers, Jim ; Hudock, S. D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Description:
  "NIOSH evaluated reinforcing ironworkers' (rodbusters) exposures to risk factors for developing low-back and hand disorders when tying together reinforcing steel bars (rebar) on a freeway bridge. Rodbusters used three techniques to tie rebar together - a pliers and a tie wire wheel, a battery operated power tier (PT), and a PT with an extension handle (PTE). NIOSH found that using the PT and PTE reduced the rodbusters' exposures to risk factors for work-related low-back and hand-wrist disorders. In addition, power tying was twice as fast as than pliers tying." - NIOSHTIC-2
  
  NIOSHTIC No 20036194
  
  CDC-INFO Pub ID 211132
  
  
• Content Notes:
  "This document was prepared by Jim Albers and Stephen D. Hudock, Division of Applied Research and Technology, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health." - acknowledgements
  
  211132
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational/prevention & Control Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  print; [4 p.] : ill. ; 28 cm.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036194
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b693985dcd54739d0190af8d675474bcd6c0ab385cc722827b22c749ef1e945d02466811f7bfc68be9af362588044c758d3020f8a4d98703509ff0676e2c1858
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5505/cdc_5505_DS1.pdf
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