Many of the 2.9 billion workers across the globe are exposed to hazardous risks at their workplaces. This chapter examines the disease and injury burden produced by selected occupational risk factors: occupational carcinogens, airborne particulates, noise, ergonomic stressors and risk factors for injuries. Owing primarily to lack of data in developing countries, we were unable to include import...

background carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is common in the industrial setting. however,there is a controversy about the sole role of occupational ergonomic hazards in cts. conclusions although this article had limitations, our findings suggest that the level of occupational exposure is an indicator of cts development. objectives this study was conducted among assembling workers of a detergent fac...

An approach for quick assessment of the exposure to ergonomic risks on computer-aided office workplaces in a company is developed. It includes a checklist considering the following ergonomic dimensions: work organization, displays, input devices, furniture, work space, environment, software and health hazards. By the checklist, data on workplace exposure to ergonomic risk factors are collected....

To improve ergonomic recommendations and decrease work-related musculoskeletal disorders, thorough documentation of full-body, joint loading topography during occupational tasks is needed. Therefore, the purpose this study was to document full-body internal in terms estimated contact forces tasks. In addition, also compared proxies (e.g., external moments) commonly used assess injury risk 3D mo...

My research reviewing various nations’ handling of their musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) problem originated with the objective of presenting a paper on the subject to an international audience at the recent 18th Annual World Safety Organization’s Environmental, Safety and Health Conference in Denver, CO. This review of the MSD problem from industrial nations was mostly concentrated in comparin...

Occupational diseases are one of the that can be experienced by workers in their work, which at risk causing occupational diseases, namely, work equipment, environment, and process work. caused attitudes influenced non-ergonomic positions activities carried out incorrectly, such as wrong position when lifting heavy loads also cause low back pain.The purpose this study is to explain relationship...

low back pain (lbp) is likely the most common medical disorder among work population. in this survey, prevalence of lbp and pain severity and the association of them with occupational and non-occupational risk factors were specified among office workers in baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, iran in 2006 in this way the point prevalence of lbp and pain severity among office wor...

BACKGROUND Low back pain (LBP) and neck pain (NP) are a major public health problem with considerable costs for individuals, companies and society. Therefore, prevention is imperative. The Stay@Work study investigates the (cost-)effectiveness of Participatory Ergonomics (PE) to prevent LBP and NP among workers. METHODS In a randomised controlled trial (RCT), a total of 5,759 workers working a...