Ergonomic assessment of bar cutting process in construction

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-332

  Balasubramanian, Venkatesh ^a   Swami Prasad, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

bar cutting; construction industry; occupational safety; RBG pain scale; RULA and upper extremity disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947278271     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2006.009798     Document Type: Article

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