Lifting hazards at a cabinet manufacturing company: Evaluation and recommended controls

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 253-258

  Grant, Katharyn A ^a   Habes, Daniel J ^a   Bertcche, Patricia K ^b  

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

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACKACHE; FURNITURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MATERIALS HANDLING; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0030910526     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1997.10389500     Document Type: Article

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