Physical ergonomic hazards in highway tunnel construction: Overview from the Construction Occupational Health Program

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 665-671

  Tak, SangWoo ^a   Buchholz, Bryan ^a   Punnett, Laura ^a   Moir, Susan ^a,b   Paquet, Victor ^a,c   Fulmer, Scott ^a   Marucci Wellman, Helen ^a,d   Wegman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Highway tunnel construction; Operation; PATH; Postural load; Trade

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ERGONOMICS; HAZARDS; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; TRANSPORTATION;

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; ERGONOMIC INTERVENTION; HIGHWAY TUNNEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM; OPERATION; PATH; UNDERGROUND UTILITIES;

TUNNELS;

ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CARPENTER; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ERGONOMICS; JOB ANALYSIS; LEG; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; TRUNK; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79953685594     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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