Ergonomics Interventions at Badger Mining Corporation
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Ergonomics interventions at Badger Mining Corporation.
In 2005, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Badger Mining Corporation entered a partnership to implement ergonomics interventions, including a systematic process, to address exposure to risk factors that may result in musculoskeletal disorders or other types of injuries/illnesses. As a result of this partnership, an ergonomics process was integrated with the e...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1080-3548,2376-9130
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2008.11076773