Ergonomic hazard quantification and rating of residential construction tasks

Proceedings, Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 1885-1895

  Inyang, Ndukeabasi ^a   Al Hussein, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; CONTACT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ERGONOMICS RESEARCH; EXPOSURE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; HAND-ARM VIBRATION; HAZARD IDENTIFICATION; HEALTH IMPACT; INCIDENT RATES; INNOVATIVE RESEARCH; MANUFACTURING FACTORIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; ON-SITE OBSERVATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; REPETITIVE TASK; RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION; RISK FACTORS; STATIC LOADING; TEST PROGRAM; WOOD FRAMING; WORK POSTURES; WORK-RELATED;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; RATING; STRESS ANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 84855807483     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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