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Ergonomics Program to Control Work-Related Cumulative Trauma Disorders of the Upper Extremities.

PB91173377

Publication Date	1988
Personal Author	McGlothlin, J. D.
Page Count	136
Abstract	A program was established in a hand intensive manufacturing facility to control upper extremity cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs). The plan consisted of four distinct components: job analysis; education and training of management and workers in the principles of ergonomics and identification of risk factors; development of a task force; and implementation of a health surveillance system. The control approach indicated that facility designed tools were the most successfully implemented attribute, followed by changes in work practices to reduce work stresses. The original program stressed administrative controls including worker rotation, job enlargement and market available tools, while the plan for new jobs stressed engineering controls such as work station design, gravity feed racks, and facility designed tools. The shift from administrative to engineering controls may be attributed to application of ergonomic principles by facility engineers during the design of new workstations, flexibility in production quotas during the work startup phase, and financial resources for ergonomic enhancements to new work stations after startup.
Keywords	Human factors engineering Equipment specifications Ergonomics Musculoskeletal system Stress analysis Risk assessment Training Tables(Data) Working conditions Workplace studies Cumulative trauma disorders Upper body injuries
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	95D - Human Factors Engineering 41I - Job Environment 94D - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. Dept. of Environmental and Industrial Health.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Thesis
Title Note	Doctoral thesis.
NTIS Issue Number	199114

Ergonomics Program to Control Work-Related Cumulative Trauma Disorders of the Upper Extremities.

Ergonomics Program to Control Work-Related Cumulative Trauma Disorders of the Upper Extremities.
PB91173377

Publication Date	1988
Personal Author	McGlothlin, J. D.
Page Count	136
Abstract	A program was established in a hand intensive manufacturing facility to control upper extremity cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs). The plan consisted of four distinct components: job analysis; education and training of management and workers in the principles of ergonomics and identification of risk factors; development of a task force; and implementation of a health surveillance system. The control approach indicated that facility designed tools were the most successfully implemented attribute, followed by changes in work practices to reduce work stresses. The original program stressed administrative controls including worker rotation, job enlargement and market available tools, while the plan for new jobs stressed engineering controls such as work station design, gravity feed racks, and facility designed tools. The shift from administrative to engineering controls may be attributed to application of ergonomic principles by facility engineers during the design of new workstations, flexibility in production quotas during the work startup phase, and financial resources for ergonomic enhancements to new work stations after startup.
Keywords	Human factors engineering Equipment specifications Ergonomics Musculoskeletal system Stress analysis Risk assessment Training Tables(Data) Working conditions Workplace studies Cumulative trauma disorders Upper body injuries
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	95D - Human Factors Engineering 41I - Job Environment 94D - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. Dept. of Environmental and Industrial Health.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Thesis
Title Note	Doctoral thesis.
NTIS Issue Number	199114