Back Injury Control Measures for Manual Lifting and Seat Design

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• Personal Author:
  Gallagher, S. ; Mayton, A. G.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Back injuries account for a high proportion of lost workdays in the mining industry and are a leading cause of disability in mine workers. Two risk factors for low back injuries are manual lifting and whole-body vibration exposure when operating mobile equipment. Recent research has shed light on possible mechanisms through which low back injuries may occur, and the results of these studies can be used to improve the design of lifting tasks and seats to decrease injury risk. This article discusses recent research results and how this knowledge can be leveraged to reduce the risk of low back pain.
• Subjects:
  Mining
• Source:
  2007 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, February 25-28, Denver Colorado, Preprint 07-069. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2007 Feb; :1-6
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032971
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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