| Document ID (ISN) | 75751 |
| CIS number |
00-1616 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Melhorn J.M., Wilkinson L., Gardner P., Horst W.D., Silkey B. |
| Title |
An outcomes study of an occupational medicine intervention programme for the reduction of musculoskeletal disorders and cumulative trauma disorders in the workplace |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct. 1999, Vol.41, No.10, p.833-846. Illus. 69 ref. |
| Abstract |
Upper-extremity musculoskeletal pains or disorders (MSDs) account for a significant number of work-related illnesses in the US workforce. In 1995, an aircraft manufacturer established a unique risk management programme based on the individual risk assessment of newly hired employees. The MSD intervention programme was designed to prospectively evaluate each new employee for their individual risk of developing MSDs in the workplace. Before job placement, individuals at higher risk were assigned to a period of transitional work. During the four years of the programme, workers' compensation cost decreases per year were 16%, 3%, 24%, and 12% respectively, while work hours increased by 56%. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
musculoskeletal diseases; new entrants; aircraft industry; hazard evaluation |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
health programmes; cost-benefit analysis; repetitive strain injury; USA |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Aerospace manufacturing and maintenance industry
Risk evaluation
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
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