New equipment to lighten the work load of construction workers

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 209-224

  Kaukiainen, Anneli ^a   Sillanpää, Jarmo ^a   Lappalainen, Jorma ^a   Viljanen, Matti ^a   Nyberg, Mika ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Construction equipment; Ergonomics; Work methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WEIGHT BEARING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURE; WEIGHT-BEARING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036046544     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2002.11076525     Document Type: Article

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