Evaluating the effectiveness of a participatory ergonomics approach in reducing the risk and severity of injuries from manual handling

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Evaluating the effectiveness of a participatory ergonomics approach in reducing the risk and severity of injuries from manual handling

Manual handling is the greatest contributor to non-fatal injury and disease in the workplace, commonly accounting for one-third of national injury counts. Interventional strategies that have focused on selecting or modifying the worker have been ineffective in reducing injury risk. In recent times,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Carrivick, Philip, Lee, Andy, Yau, K., Stevenson, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2005
Subjects:	Participatory ergonomics Lost time injury Workplace risk assessment Manual handling
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20005

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