An Ergonomic Evaluation of Excavating Operations: A Pilot Study

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 723-726

  Schneider, Scott P ^a   Kittusamy, N Kumar ^a   Buchholz, Bryan ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; MACHINE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; BIOENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034931759     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220120652     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists: Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices, pp. 126–133, ACGIH, Cincinnati, OH (2000).
2. Bongers, P.M.; Boshuizen, H.C.; Hulshof, C.T.J.; et al.: Back Disorders in Crane Operators Exposed to Whole-Body Vibration. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 60:129–137 (1988).
3. Buchholz, B.; Moir, S.; Virji, M.A.: An Ergonomic Assessment of an Operating Engineer: A Pilot Study of Excavator Use. Appl Occup Environ Hyg 12:23–27 (1997).
4. Burdorf, A.; Zondervan, H.: An Epidemiological Study of Low-Back Pain in Crane Operators. Ergonomics 33:981–987 (1990).
5. Hansson, J.E.: Ergonomic Design of Large Forestry Machines. Intl J Ind Ergon 5:255–266 (1990).
6. International Standards Organization: Evaluation of Human Exposure to Whole-Body Vibration, ISO 2631/1. ISO, Geneva (1985).
7. Keyserling, W.M.: Postural Analysis of the Trunk and Shoulders in Simula ted Real Time. Ergonomics 29:569–583 (1986).