A case study of roof bolting tasks to identify cumulative trauma exposure.

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• Personal Author:
  Cornelius, Kim M. ; Turin, Fred C.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Pittsburgh Research Laboratory. Mining Injury Prevention Branch ; Institute of Industrial Engineers
• Description:
  "Work in underground coal mines is repetitive and physically demanding. Workers commonly report a wide range of aches and pains. Management at one mine was concerned about increased reporting of aches and pains by roof bolting machine operators. An analysis of roof bolting tasks was conducted at this mine to identify early warning signs of cumulative trauma. Health and safety risk factors were identified and recommendations to reduce cumulative trauma exposure were provided. Recommendations addressed job procedures, equipment design, and worker awareness of risk factors." - NIOSHTIC-2
  
  NIOSHTIC no. 20022681
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Source:
  Proceedings of the IIE Annual Conference, May 20-23, 2001, Dallas, Texas. Lim G ; Herrmann JW, eds. Norcross, GA: Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2001 May ; :1-6
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022681
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7d178497cad3d58bfaa5251047f49d898a09ec5b7d6f2bdc7e766dc0bb7b6d58a15c3eeacdbd04fcd135d93de5f7874c319451ccf109c4418136e0537d77c59e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/8635/cdc_8635_DS1.pdf
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