Download or read book Back Injury Prevention Handbook written by David W. Apts and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back injuries can be controlled and prevented! They are not and should not be accepted as a cost of doing business! Written in plain language for the industrial professional, this book presents back injury prevention methods that have proven effective for cost containment. Such techniques include the 5-year back attack, the Olympic weight lifting model applied to the industrial setting. Training styles, and concepts for a proper educational format are also emphasized. The author draws on literature from around the world and his own experience of over 20 years of treating and preventing back pain and neck pain in presenting information in this book. Several case studies prove that back injuries can be prevented, which can save hundreds of thousands of dollars and countless hours of lost work. This book will prove essential for helping trainers, safety specialists, ergonomists, industrial hygienists, and other industry personnel to implement the best cure for back pain-prevention!
Download or read book Back Injury Prevention Through Ergonomics written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ergonomics in Back Pain written by Tarek M. Khalil and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors discuss the origins of low back pain, events that lead to injury, and the consequences to employers. Back pain is correlated with specific occupational factors. Nearly 150 illustrations further these discussions.
Download or read book Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-05-24 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year workers' low-back, hand, and arm problems lead to time away from jobs and reduce the nation's economic productivity. The connection of these problems to workplace activities-from carrying boxes to lifting patients to pounding computer keyboards-is the subject of major disagreements among workers, employers, advocacy groups, and researchers. Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace examines the scientific basis for connecting musculoskeletal disorders with the workplace, considering people, job tasks, and work environments. A multidisciplinary panel draws conclusions about the likelihood of causal links and the effectiveness of various intervention strategies. The panel also offers recommendations for what actions can be considered on the basis of current information and for closing information gaps. This book presents the latest information on the prevalence, incidence, and costs of musculoskeletal disorders and identifies factors that influence injury reporting. It reviews the broad scope of evidence: epidemiological studies of physical and psychosocial variables, basic biology, biomechanics, and physical and behavioral responses to stress. Given the magnitude of the problem-approximately 1 million people miss some work each year-and the current trends in workplace practices, this volume will be a must for advocates for workplace health, policy makers, employers, employees, medical professionals, engineers, lawyers, and labor officials.
Download or read book A Back Injury Prevention Guide for Health Care Providers written by Mario Feletto and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ergonomic Guidelines for Manual Material Handling written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This booklet is written for managers and supervisors in industries that involve the manual handling of containers. It offers suggestions to improve the handling of rectangular, square, and cylindrical containers, sacks, and bags. "Improving Manual Material Handling in Your Workplace" lists the benefits of improving your work tasks. It also contains information on risk factors, types of ergonomic improvements, and effective training and sets out a four-step proactive action plan. The plan helps you identify problems, set priorities, make changes, and follow up. Sections 1 and 2 of "Improvement Options" provide ways to improve lifting, lowering, filling, emptying, or carrying tasks by changing work practices and/or the use of equipment. Guidelines for safer work practices are also included. Section 3 of "Improvement Options" provides ideas for using equipment instead of manually handling individual containers. Guidelines for safer equipment use are also included. For more help the "Resources" section contains additional information on administrative improvements, work assessment tools and comprehensive analysis methods. This section also includes an improvement evaluation tool and a list of professional and trade organizations related to material handling."--Page 6.
Download or read book Back Injury Prevention Leader s Safety Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is another in a series of Safety Guides for installation commanders, leaders, and workplace supervisors to help them protect their work forces against accidental losses. The focus here is one of the most common and most costly workplace injuries -- back injury. Applying the methods outlined in this booklet will help leaders mount effective back-injury-prevention programs. It contains ideas developed throughout the Army during the early phases of our back-emphasis effort. New approaches include added emphasis on ergonomics and contributions from a broader spectrum of Army health are professionals. Learning from earlier loss control successes, we know the Army's back-injury-prevention campaign must be a shared task. It can succeed only through coordinated staff action. Like all important leadership responsibilities, elimination of back-related losses is a "Commander's Program. But commanders lead, they do not administer. Keeping a lid on back-injury costs demands a lot of attention to detail from first-line supervisors and help from the installation's staff specialists. Chronic dollar losses are so great that their reduction will easily return the cost of control. The ideas and management tools in this pamphlet will help installation officials develop their own unique programs. While effective prevention of back injuries is required by Army and Federal regulations, no single approach is mandated. But most workplaces have room for improvement. Their leaders can profit from the prevention and care strategies outlined in this guide.
Download or read book Back Injury Among Healthcare Workers written by William Charney and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-07-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently calculated nearly 60,000 musculoskeletal injuries to healthcare workers resulting from heavy lifting during attempts to move patients. Often the nurses, aides, orderlies, and attendants who suffered permanent injuries were forced out of the profession, straining an already inadequate pool of workers and
Download or read book Ergonomics and Back Injury Prevention written by New York State Dairy Foods, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1996* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Research on Work related Low Back Disorders written by Rik Op De Beeck and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recoge: 1. Introduction - 2. The nature of work-related low back disorders - 3. Risk factors - 4. Strategies and effectiveness of prevention - 5. Risk assessment methods - 6. Future research topics - 7. Conclusions - 8. References - 9. Appendices.
Download or read book Lumbar Segmental Instability written by Robert Gunzburg and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a review of the definition, biomechanics, physiopathology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of lumbar segmental instability. The contributors address the controversies surrounding this condition and offer clinicians guidance in choosing appropriate and cost-effective therapy.
Download or read book Injury Prevention Optimizing Performance Through Injury Prevention Pain relief Essential Elements of Optimal Lifelong Fitness and Inju written by William Ruiz and published by Jackson Denver. This book was released on 2022-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-book is designed to improve awareness and help eliminate preventable back injuries for professional caregivers in health care. It provides information regarding safe work practices, severity of back injuries for caregivers, ergonomics, lifting devices, proper precautions, what caregivers should know before handling and transferring patients and recommended lifting techniques. What you'll learn inside: Why injury is common Why the human anatomy makes it difficult to prevent injury How to prevent injury from occurring And much, MUCH more! The information provided in this book will help every player from the occasional weekend warrior to the tournament professional looking to take their game to the next level. Through research-based analyses of common injuries and a full-body approach to exercise, this book will not only help keep you injury free on the course, it will help you optimize your performance as a disc golfer. Read this book to get stronger, throw farther, increase accuracy, and have more fun on the course.
Download or read book Work Injury written by Susan J. Isernhagen and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic in the field, Work Injury offers an organized plan for cutting the cost of work injuries with injury prevention programs, ergonomics, pre-employment and preplacement screening, care after injury, functional capacity evaluation, work hardening, psychological variables and the return-to-work process are also covered.
Download or read book Occupational Ergonomics written by Waldemar Karwowski and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-03-26 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Occupational Ergonomics: Engineering and Administrative Controls focuses on prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders with an emphasis on engineering and administrative controls. Section I provides knowledge about risk factors for upper and lower extremities at work, while Section II concentrates on risk factors for work-related low back
Download or read book Ergonomics for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders written by U.S. Department of Labor and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-03-08 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OSHA's Ergonomics for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders: Guidelines for Retail Grocery Stores provide practical recommendations to help grocery store employers and employees reduce the number and severity of injuries in their workplaces. Many of the workrelated injuries and illnesses experienced by grocery store workers are musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), such as back injuries and sprains or strains that may develop from various factors, including lifting, repetitive motion disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, or injuries resulting from overexertion. MSDs may also be caused partly or wholly by factors outside of work. More remains to be learned about the relationship between workplace activities and the development of MSDs. However, OSHA believes that the experiences of many grocery stores provide a basis for taking action to better protect workers. As the understanding of these injuries develops and information and technology improve, the recommendations made in this document may be modified. Grocery stores that have implemented injury prevention efforts have said they have success fully reduced work-related injuries and workers' compensation costs. Many times, these efforts have reduced injuries and led to increased worker efficiency and lowered operating costs. For example, designing checkstands to reduce ergonomic risk factors such as twisting or ex tended reaching can improve cashier effective ness and productivity. The purpose of these voluntary guidelines is to build on the progress that the grocery store industry has made in addressing causes of work-related injuries and illnesses. These guidelines are intended only for retail grocery stores and combined full-line super market and discount merchandisers including warehouse retail establishments. The discussion is intended primarily for grocery store managers and store employees, but may also be useful for corporate managers or corporate safety professionals. OSHA did not develop these guidelines to address warehouses, convenience stores, or business operations that may be located within grocery stores, such as banks, post offices, or coffee shops. However, operations in retail or distribution that involve similar tasks or operations as those addressed in these guidelines may find the information useful. The information in these guidelines provides grocery stores with effective approaches, as well as useful references to be used when determining the need for ergonomic solutions. The recommendations and information presented here are intended as a general guideline and flexible framework to be adapted to the needs and resources of each individual store. OSHA recognizes that small employers, in particular, may not have the need for as comprehensive a program as would result from implementation of every action and strategy described in these guidelines. Additionally, OSHA realizes that small grocery stores may need assistance to implement an appropriate ergonomics program.
Download or read book Back Injury Prevention Strategies for the Nursing Home Manager written by Jamie Tessler and published by . This book was released on 199? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Inside: Basics of a nursing home ergonomics program. Case studies: save money by preventing injuries, Resources for further information.
