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 AFL-CIO
Post-Hearing Brief on OSHA's Proposed Ergonomic Program Rule(August 2000)
Analysis
Tools for Ergonomists
(University of South Florida, 2004)
Back
Care and Lifting (Alberta Department of Human Resources
and Employment)
Back
Injury Prevention Guide for Health Care Providers
(Oregon OSHA)
Back Pain Campaign of the European
Week for Safety and Health at Work (Trades Union Congress [U.K.])
Back Safety Online Training Module
(Oklahoma State University)
Baggage
Handling (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome (Journal of the American Medical Association)
Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome (National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, 1997)
Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome (Vermont Program for Quality in Health
Care)
A
Clean Sweep — Written for the school custodian, but
the information can be easily applied to any situation where
custodians and janitors work. It is a colourful, waterproof,
three-fold brochure highlighting practical ergonomic tips and
solutions to a variety of risky tasks faced by custodians’
everyday. It covers topics such as cleaning walls, dusting,
mopping, vacuuming, and empting garbage. It provides information
on ergonomic issues such as practical engineering controls,
safe work practices, organizational and workplace awareness,
and equipment maintenance. (WorkSafe British Columbia, 2006)
Computer
Workplace Repetitive Motion (Communications Workers of
America)
Construction
Ergonomics Checklist (Center
to Protect Workers' Rights)
Cornell
University Ergonomics Web (Cornell Human Factors and Ergonomics
Group)
CTDNews
Online
CTD
Resource Network (A nonprofit information source)
Cumulative
Trauma Disorders (Medical Multimedia Group)
Cumulative Trauma Disorders in
Office Workers (New Jersey Department of Health, 1992)
Diseases
of Workers [De Morbis Artificum Diatriba] An excerpt from
Bernardino Ramazzini's groundbreaking text, written in 1713,
describing "certain morbid affections gradually arise from
some particular posture of the limbs or unnatural movements of
the body called for while they work." (American Journal
of Public Health, September 2001)
Don't
Be Afraid of Your [Computer] Mouse (Canadian Centre for
Occupational Health and Safety)
Electronic
Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health (Center
to Protect Workers Rights)
Elements
of Ergonomics Programs: A Primer Based on Workplace Evaluations
of Musculoskeletal Disorders, April 2000 (NIOSH)
ErgoWeb
Inc. – useful website of an occupational ergonomics
company
 Ergonomic
Guidelines for Manual Material Handling —
Manual material handling (MMH) work contributes to a large
percentage of the over half a million cases of musculoskeletal
disorders reported annually in the United States. Musculoskeletal
disorders often involve strains and sprains to the lower back,
shoulders, and upper limbs. They can result in protracted pain,
disability, medical treatment, and financial stress for those
afflicted with them, and employers often find themselves paying
the bill, either directly or through workers' compensation insurance.
At the same time they must cope with the loss of the full capacity
of their workers. (National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health, 2007)
Ergonomics
(Alberta Human Resources and Employment Ministry)
Ergonomics
(American Public Health Association January, 2000, comment on
draft OSHA ergonomics standard)
Ergonomics
(University of Maryland)
Ergonomics
(Washington State Department of Labor and Industries)
Ergonomics
in Healthcare (Center for Occupational and Environmental
Medicine, Arnot Ogden Medical Center)
Ergonomics
Program (U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive
Medicine)
Ergonomics:
Effective Workplace Practices and Programs (NIOSH/OSHA,1997)
Ergonomics
for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders: Guidelines
for Retail Grocery Stores (OSHA 2004)
Ergonomics
& Construction – Back, Shoulder, Knee and Other Musculoskeletal
Problems (Laborers Heal;th and Safety Fund of North
America)
Ergonomics:
Preventing Strains, Sprains and Back Injuries (American
Federation of State County and Municipal Employees)
Ergonomics
Society (U.K)
Ergonomics
Updates (California Labor Federation)
Europe
Under Strain: A European Trade Union Campaign on Prevention
of Musculoskeletal Disorders at Workplaces(European
Trade Union Technical Bureau for Health and Safety, 2001)
Findings
and Recommendations on Back Belts (U.S. National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health)
General
X-ray Technologist — General X-ray technologists are
exposed to many different musculoskeletal injury (MSI) risk
factors. This bulletin provides information regarding the typical
musculoskeletal issues faced by these workers and some possible
risk control measures to either eliminate or minimize the MSI
risk. (WorkSafe British Columbia)
Guidelines
for Nursing Homes: Ergonomics for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal
Disorders (OSHA, 2003)
Guidelines
for Poultry Processing: Ergonomics for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal
Disorders (OSHA, 2004)
Harvard
RSI Action
Health and Safety
Guide to Laboratory Ergonomics (National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences)
HealthyComputing.com
 Lesiones en la espalda (El
Centro de Protección de los Derechos de los Trabajadores)
Lifting
Operations Calculator (Wastington Department of Labor
and Industries)
Los Angeles RSI Support Group website
Low
Back Pain (University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook)
El
Manejo de Equipaje (Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
2002)
Massachusetts
Coalition on New Office Technology
Musculoskeletal
Disorders (Health and Safety Executive, U.K.)
Musculoskeletal
Disorders and the Workplace: Low Back and Upper Extremities
(U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 2001)
Musculoskeletal
Disorders and Work Organization in the European Clothing Industry
(European Trade Union Technical Bureau for Health and Safety,
May 2001)
Musculoskeletal
disorders in Europe (European Trade Union Technical Bureau
for Health and Safety)
Musculoskeletal
Injury (MSI) Prevention Bulletins — Information on
typical MSI issues faced by workers in the following occupations:General
X-ray Technologist, Warehouse Order Picker, Bed Making, Room
Cleaning, Floor Mopping, Tree Planting, Floor-Cleaning Machines,
Laundry in Health Care Facilities (WorkSafe British Columbia)
Musicians and Injuries
National
Occupational Research Agenda for Musculoskeletal Disorders
(National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2001)
Nursing
Homes Guidelines: Ergonomics for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal
Disorders (OSHA, 2003)
Office
Ergonomics (NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
OSHA Ergonomics Homepage
Office/Computer Ergonomics (University
of Waterloo)
Office Ergonomics Online Training Module
(Oklahoma State University)
Patient
Care Ergonomics Resource Guide (Veterans' Health Administration
Patient Safety Center)
Proper
Lifting, Pushing and Pulling to Prevent Strains, Sprains and
Lower Back Pain (University of Florida)
A
Prospective Study of Computer Users: 1. Study Design and Incidence
of Muskuloskeletal Symptoms and Disorders (American
Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2002)
Poultry
Processing Guidelines: Ergonomics for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal
Disorders (OSHA, 2004)
Reduction
in Injury Rates in Nursing Personnel Through Introduction of
Mechanical Lifts in the Workplace (American
Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2003)
Retail
Grocery Stores Guidelines: Ergonomics for the Prevention of
Musculoskeletal Disorders: (OSHA 2004)
Repetitive
Strain Injuries (NYCOSH)
Repetitive
Strain Injuries (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Risk
Estimation for Musculoskeletal Disorders in Machinery Design
(European Trade Union Technical Bureau for Health and Safety,
2002)
RSI
Action — A UK non-profit organization founded in
2005 to facilitate prevention and improved treatment of RSIs
RSI
Hazards Handbook (London Hazards Centre)
RSI-Relief.com
‘RSIs
Aren't Real' and Other Tales of Voodoo Science — Ever
wondered who makes up those "asbestos isn't dangerous"
and "RSI's are in your mind" stories? Vernon Mogensen
looks at the dangerous business of corporate spin and "voodoo
science", and unearths science fiction masquerading as
science fact. — Hazards, July - September 2001
School Bus Drivers and
Repetitive Stress Injuries (National Education Association,
1999)
Selected
General Resources - RSI (Computer Advocacy @ NYU, 1998)
Síndrome
del túnel carpiano (National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, 1997)
Síndrome
del túnel carpiano: Qué debe saber (United
Auto Workers, 2003)
Soluciones
Simples: Ergonomia Para Trabajadores Agricolas (National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2002)
Stop
the Pain! - AFL-CIO Ergonomics Campaign
Treatment Guidelines for
Disorders of the Elbow, Hand, Knee, Neck, Low Back, Shoulder
and Wrist (California Industrial Medical Council)
Typing
Injury FAQ
UCLA
Ergonomics (University of California at Los Angeles Department
of Environment, Health and Safety; and the UCLA Office of Insurance
and Risk Management)
VDT
Workstation Checklist
(Communications Workers of America, District 1)
Computer
Workstation Health and Safety Checklist (NYCOSH)
Vision
Health Management: Visual Ergonomics in the Workplace (Corporate
Visual Consulting)
With
or Without an Ergo Standard: Food and Commercial Workers Push
OSHA to Act (United Food and Commercial Workers, 2002)
Work
Should Not Hurt (Southeast Michigan Coalition on Occupational
Safety and Health)
Work-Related
Low Back Disorders (European Agency for Safety and Health
at Work, 2000)
Work-Related
Musculoskeletal Disorders (National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health)
Work-Related
Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Labor Institute Curriculum Development
Workshop (Labor Institute)
Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders:
Report, Workshop Summary, and Workshop Papers (National
Research Council)
Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders:
A Review of the Evidence (National Academy of Sciences)
Work-Related
Neck and Upper Limb Musculoskeletal Disorders (European
Agency for Safety and Health at Work, 2000)
Worker Protection - Private Sector Ergonomics
Programs Yield Positive Results (U.S. General Accounting
Office, 1997)
Working Safely with Video Display Terminals
(OSHA)
Wounded
Workers (A Canadian journalist's reflection on ergonomic
hazards and workers' compensation) |
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Democrats Question Bush Policies on Workplace Injuries
— Senate Democrats seized on the words of the
Labor Department's top lawyer today to attack the Bush administration's
plan to rely on lawsuits to reduce workplace injuries. At a Senate
Labor Committee hearing, Senator John Edwards, Democrat of North
Carolina, mocked the administration's strategy by quoting the
Labor Department solicitor, Eugene Scalia, who once called such
litigation "dreadful," "devastating" and
"embarrassing."  (New York Times,
April 19, 2002)
How About This: Business Will Just Want
to Be Good — The President wants us to volunteer.
"Fight evil by doing some good," President George W.
Bush says in making his pitch. No one, he says, should be exempt.
He wants old people, young people, school kids, church groups.
He wants the best and the brightest, those already most committed
and those yet unconvinced. He wants the worst polluters and the
most worrisome employers. Perhaps you have not heard the president
call them to action. They are, nonetheless, the newest recruits
in his army of compassion. Under the regulatory scheme emerging
from the bowels of the administration, there is no longer a need
for rules to force businesses to do anything they simply do not
wish to do. They get to fight evil by getting a pass. Employers
who ignore evidence that workplace conditions cause repetitive-motion
injuries to nearly 2 million people annually won't be forced
to take steps to spare them. They are asked to volunteer to do
better. (Newsday, April 16, 2002)
OSHA Issues Press Release Concerning Plan to
Develop Voluntary Ergonomics Guidelines — The Occupational
Safety and Health Administration's announcement last week of
its "comprehensive program" to protect workers from
repetitive strains and other ergonomic injures received almost
uniformly negative reviews, except for praise from a small number
of employer organizations and from politicians aligned closely
with the Bush administration. "When the Bush administration
killed OSHA's ergonomics standard last year, it claimed that
the repealed standard was the wrong solution to a very serious
problem, and promised to produce an alternative program within
six months to control musculoskeletal hazards," said NYCOSH
Executive Director Joel Shufro. "No one in the labor movement
had expectations that the Bush substitute would amount to anything,
but I am frankly surprised at the Labor Department's display
of what is effectively contempt for the urgency of preventing
more than 600,000 lost-time injuries a year."
(NYCOSH Update on Safety and Health, April 12, 2002)
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