The occupational ergonomics handbook. Interventions, controls, and applications in occupational ergonomics / (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Interventions, controls, and applications in occupational ergonomics
• Further Information: Note: Edited by William S. Marras, Waldemar Karwowski.
• Other Names: Marras, William S (William Steven), 1952-; Karwowski, Waldemar, 1953-
• Contents: Elements of the ergonomic process -- Success factors for industrial ergonomics programs -- Practical interventions in industry using participatory approaches -- OSHA recordkeeping -- Psychosocial work factors -- Injury surveillance database systems -- Corporate health management : designing and evaluating health in organizations -- Ergonomics process in small industry -- An ergonomics process : a large industry perspective -- Digital human modeling for computer-aided ergonomics -- Design for ergonomics : facilities planning -- Organizational design and macroergonomics -- Engineering controls, what works and what does not -- General knowledge regarding engineering controls -- Design and evaluation of handtools -- Low back disorders : general solutions -- Ergonomic assist and safety equipment, an overview -- Gloves -- Wrist and arm supports -- Lower extremity supports -- Administrative controls as an ergonomic intervention -- Worker selection for physically demanding jobs -- Training lifting techniques -- Secondary intervention for low back pain -- Psychosocial characteristics of work as targets for change -- Assessment of worker functional capacities -- Physical ability testing for employment decision purposes -- Human resources management -- Workday length and shiftwork issues -- Back belts -- Job rotation -- Epidemiology of upper extremity disorders -- Medical management of work-related musculoskeletal disorders -- Systems approach to rehabilitation -- Postinjury rehabilitation/management -- Wrist splints -- Clinical lumbar motion monitor -- Chairs and furniture -- The computer keyboard system design -- Intervention for notebook computers -- Meatpacking operations -- Poultry processing -- Working in unusual or restricted postures -- Agriculture -- Grocery distribution centers -- Patient handling in health care -- Prevention of medical errors -- Bakery : cake decorating process -- Furniture manufacturing industry -- General construction -- Introducing ergonomics to developing countries -- The future of work and an ergonomics response.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)), illustrations
• Subjects: 620.8/2; Human engineering -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Industrial hygiene -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Design -- General; Human engineering; Industrial hygiene; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420003642
• Related ISBNs: 142000364X; 0849319382; 9780849319389; 0849319390
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.