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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cantley, Linda F
• Taiwo, Oyebode A
• Galusha, Deron
• Barbour, Russell
• Slade, Martin D
• Tessier-Sherman, Baylah
• Cullen, Mark R

Titel

Effect of systematic ergonomie hazard identification and control implementation on musculoskeletal disorder and injury risk

Ist Teil von

• Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health, 2014-01, Vol.40 (1), p.57-65

Ort / Verlag

Nordic Association of Occupation Safety and Health

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Objectives This study aimed to examine the effect of an ergonomie hazard control (HC) initiative, undertaken as part of a company ergonomics standard, on worker injury risk. Methods Using the company's ergonomie hazards database to identify jobs with and without ergonomie implementation and linking to individual job and injury histories, injury risk among person-jobs with HC implementation (the HC group) was compared to those without HC (NoHC group) using random coefficient models. Further analysis of the HC group was conducted to determine the effect of additional ergonomie hazards controlled on injury risk. Results Among 123 jobs at 17 plant locations, 347 ergonomie hazards were quantitatively identified during the study period. HC were implemented for 204 quantified ergonomie hazards in 84 jobs, impacting 10 385 persons (12 967 person-jobs). No HC were implemented for quantified ergonomie hazards in the remaining 39 jobs affecting 4155 persons (5046 person-jobs). Adjusting for age, sex, plant origin, and year to control for any temporal trend in injury risk, the relative risk (RR) for musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) was 0.85 and the RR for any injury or MSD was 0.92 in the HC compared to NoHC group. Among the HC group, each ergonomie hazard controlled was associated with risk reduction for MSD and acute injury outcomes (RR 0.93). Conclusion Systematic ergonomie HC through participatory ergonomics, as part of a mandatory company ergonomics standard, is associated with MSD and injury risk reduction among workers in jobs with HC implemented.