The Ergonomics of Manual Work

This book comprises selected papers from the inaugural IEA World Conference on the Ergonomics of Materials Handling and Information Processing at Work, to be convened in Warsaw in June 1993, and is focused on strategies to ameliorate work-related injuries. Prevention of such injuries - low back disorders and cumulative trauma disorders - can have an enormous positive impact on the health and well-being of the individual worker, on industrial competitiveness, and on health care costs - currently a top priority on the Clinton administration's agenda. The book showcases the leading edge international research in the ergonomics of manual work, and the reader will discover comprehensive treatment of this complicated and interdisciplinary problem, from the evaluation of physical stressors like repetitive motion, low back biomechanics, and posture at work, to organizational and management issues such as participation, training, education, standardization and automation.