Evaluation of physical workload standards and guidelines from a Nordic perspective
"The report provides some support for the view that regulatory actions against work-related musculoskeletal disorders will be the most successful if an integrated ergonomic program approach is adapted. A substantial number of case studies indicates that ergonomic programs can be efficient in pr...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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Helsinki
2001
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19290701124910189839-evaluation-of-physical-workloa.htm |
| Summary: | "The report provides some support for the view that regulatory actions against work-related musculoskeletal disorders will be the most successful if an integrated ergonomic program approach is adapted. A substantial number of case studies indicates that ergonomic programs can be efficient in protecting workers against work-related musculoskeletal disorders. The General Accounting Office (GAO) study of several companies with ergonomic programs in the United States gives strong - although indirect - support for the belief that well-managed ergonomic programs with high commitment on the part of stakeholders can be efficient.
Contents:
accuracy, acute overload, adequacy, aged, back injury, carrying, decline, denmark, display screen equipment, effectiveness, energy consumption, energy expenditure, environmental disease process, equation for design and evaluation, ergonomic program management, ergonomic standards, ergonomics program, ergonomics requirements, ergonomics rule, evaluation criteria, evaluation, exposure assessment, finland, force limits, force, guidelines for practitioners, guidelines, hand activity level, hand-transmitted vibration, health requirements, historical perspective, human exposure, identification of risk factors, job design, lifting, machinery ergonomics, machinery operation, manual handling, manual lifting tasks, manual materials handling, maximal aerobic capacity, mechanical shock, mechanical vibration, monotonous, repetitive work, musculoskeletal disorders, niosh lifting equation, nordic perspective, norway, physical workload, posture, process-type standards, quantitative standards, reduction of adverse health effects, reduction of exposure, repetition, repetitive motion injuries, repetitive work, risk exposure assessment, risk factors, safety requirements, scientific coherency, shoulder-neck complaints, slip and fall injuries, standards, sweden, threshold limit values, upper extremities, upper extremity, upper-limb repetitive movements, usability, whole-body vibration, vibration standards, vibration, work postures, workers, workload, work-related cumulating trauma disorder, work-related musculoskeletal disorders ..." |
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| Physical Description: | 52 p. Paper |