An evaluation of manual materials handling in highway construction work

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 431-444

  Paquet, Victor ^a   Punnett, Laura ^a   Buchholz, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpenters; Concrete reinforcement; Construction; Exposure assessment; Laborers; Manual materials handling; Posture

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MATERIALS HANDLING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARPENTER; ERGONOMICS; FORCE; HUMAN; MATERIALS HANDLING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032764374     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(99)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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