Comparison of the rapid entire body assessment and the New Zealand Manual Handling 'Hazard Control Record', for assessment of manual handling hazards in the supermarket industry

Work

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-116

  Coyle, Alison ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Ergonomics; Occupational safety; Psychosocial; REBA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROL SYSTEM; ERGONOMICS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB ANALYSIS; LAW; MANUAL LABOR; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

BIOMECHANICS; COMMERCE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 17744372071     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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