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

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to examine the effect of an ergonomic hazard control (HC) initiative, undertaken as part of a company ergonomics standard, on worker injury risk.

Methods

Using the company's ergonomic hazards database to identify jobs with and without ergonomic HC 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 ergonomic hazards controlled on injury risk.

Results

Among 123 jobs at 17 plant locations, 347 ergonomic hazards were quantitatively identified during the study period. HC were implemented for 204 quanti

SUBMITTER: Cantley LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4096997 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature