Ergonomic interventions for the furniture manufacturing industry. Part I - Lift assist devices

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 263-273

  Mirka, Gary A ^a   Smith, Christy ^a   Shivers, Carrie ^a   Taylor, James ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Furniture industry; Intervention research; Low back injury; Trunk motion; Trunk posture

Indexed keywords

FURNITURE MANUFACTURE; LOADS (FORCES); OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SURVEYS;

UPHOLSTERERS;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGINEERING; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FORCE; FURNITURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRY; INJURY; KINEMATICS; MACHINE; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT LIFTING; WOOD; WORKER;

EID: 0036224047     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(01)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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