Evaluating the effectiveness of a participatory ergonomics approach in reducing the risk and severity of injuries from manual handling

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 907-914

  Carrivick, Philip J W ^a,b   Lee, Andy H ^a   Yau, Kelvin K W ^c   Stevenson, Mark R ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lost time injury; Manual handling; Participatory ergonomics; Workplace risk assessment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LOST TIME INJURY; MANUAL HANDLING; PARTICIPATORY ERGONOMICS; WORKPLACE RISK ASSESSMENT;

ERGONOMICS;

AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERGONOMICS; GENDER; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL LABOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKING TIME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 24644514290     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013042000327698     Document Type: Article

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