Low back injury risks during construction with prefabricated (panelised) walls: Effects of task and design factors

Ergonomics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-71

  Kim, Sunwook ^a   Nussbaum, Maury A ^a   Jia, Bochen ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Prevention through design; Residential construction; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DESIGN FACTORS; DURING CONSTRUCTION; LOW BACK INJURY; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PANEL DESIGN; PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATION; PREVENTION THROUGH DESIGN; RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION; SHEAR FORCE; WALL SYSTEMS; WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; WORKER INJURIES;

DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK PERCEPTION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BUILDING MATERIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BACK INJURIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650367858     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2010.535024     Document Type: Article

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