Biomechanical evaluation of scaffolding tasks

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 407-415

  Hsiao, Hongwei ^a   Stanevich, Ronald L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Musculoskeletal injuries; Scafflding

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; JOB ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PERSONNEL; SCAFFOLDS;

END FRAME FIXTURES; END FRAME HANDLING PROBLEMS; OVEREXERTION INJURY;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

BIOMECHANICS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTION WORK; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY;

EID: 0030561492     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-8141(95)00103-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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