hardhat ergonomics hardhat ergonomics-powerpoint presentation 1.2 (november 2000) slide 1 ergonomics...

HARDHAT ERGONOMICSHARDHAT ERGONOMICS

Hardhat Ergonomics-PowerPoint Presentation 1.2 (November 2000) Slide 1

Ergonomics Awareness Training for Construction Workers

A workshop for workers and supervisors in identifying and solving ergonomic problems on construction sites

Training Agenda & ObjectivesTraining Agenda & Objectives


1. Introducing Ergonomics •define Ergonomics

2. Musculoskeletal Disorders Where does your job hurt you?

•identify Musculoskeletal Disorders common to construction workers that are caused by ergonomic hazards

3. Ergonomic Job Analysis How does your job hurt you? How can the job be changed?

•discuss the problems (Ergonomic Risk Factors) that cause these disorders

•practice an Ergonomic Job Analysis (EJA) to identify and reduce Ergonomic Risk Factors

4. “Best Arguments” How can you make ergonomic job redesign happen?

•discuss ways to successfully implement ergonomic solutions on-the-job

5. Evaluation What do you think?

•evaluate this training

IntroductionsIntroductions


“Experience is the best teacher.”

Introduce yourself to the people at your table.

Add up how many years your group has worked in the construction industry.

Report your group’s total number of years worked to the large group.

Defining ErgonomicsDefining Ergonomics


What have you heard about

ergonomics?

Defining ErgonomicsDefining Ergonomics


Use your brain, not your back.

Work smarter, not harder.

Fix the job, not the worker.

Ergonomics is…

the science and the art of

fitting the job and the workplace

to workers’ needs.

MSDs (Musculoskeletal Disorders):MSDs (Musculoskeletal Disorders):

Where does your job hurt you?Where does your job hurt you?


Where does your body hurt after working on

the construction site all day?

Mark the places that people in your group hurt after working on the construction site on your group’s BODY MAP.

MSDs (Musculoskeletal Disorders)MSDs (Musculoskeletal Disorders)


Post your group’s BODY MAP on the wall.

Compare the BODY MAPS.

What seems to be the same about the BODY MAPS?

What do the BODY MAPS tell us about construction work?



A study done by the University of Iowa has shown that construction workers hurt!

• 70% report pain in their lower back

• 46% report pain in their knees

• 43% report pain in their wrists and hands

• 42% report pain in their shoulders and necks (The University of Iowa Construction Survey, 1996)



MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

or

MSDs

Also called:

• Cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs)

• Repetitive strain injuries (RSIs)



3 Facts about MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

1) They affect your musculoskeletal system - your muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments, joints, cartilage

and spinal discs.

2) They are cumulative - they happen gradually, as opposed to accidents.

3) They are chronic - the effects last a long time.



In your group, brainstorm a list of MSDs that your know of, or that you have had.

Choose one MSD that your group has talked about to discuss with the class.

Tell us how you got it.



Thoracic outlet syndrome

Rotator cuff tendonitis

DeQuervain’s syndrome

Raynaud’s syndrome

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Chondromalacia

Torn miniscus

Plantar fascitis

Slipped disc

Low back pain

Strained muscles and ligaments

Sciatica

Tension neck syndrome



MSDs are the longest lasting injuries:

They damage workers’ health more than any other type of injury in construction.

MSDs are the most costly injuries:

They cause greater financial damage than any other type of injury in construction

Over 40% of worker compensation costs in construction are due to MSDs.

EJA (Ergonomic Job Analysis):EJA (Ergonomic Job Analysis):

How does your job hurt you?How does your job hurt you?

How can the job be changed?How can the job be changed?


The RISK FACTORS for MSDs are:

• Force • Vibration

• Repetition • Extreme temperatures

• Awkward Postures • Work stress

• Static postures

EJA (Ergonomic Job Analysis)EJA (Ergonomic Job Analysis)


Doing an EJA: Step 1

With your group, choose a construction job or task that you think needs to be changed.

Complete Part 1 of the Ergonomic Job Analysis(EJA) on the first page of the EJA Handout:

Quickly draw the job -- Include the tools, the equipment, and the workers.




Turn to the next page of the EJA Handout and work together to complete Part 2 - the Risk Factor Checklist:

Check off all the ergonomic risk factors that are part of the job.




Turn to the next page of the EJA Handout and work together to complete Step 3 - Identifying Solutions:

Identify ways of changing how the job is done to eliminate or reduce the risk factors.



EJA Report Back

How would you change the job you analyzed to eliminate or reduce the

ergonomic risk factors?

““Best Arguments”:Best Arguments”:

How can you make How can you make ergonomic job redesign happen?ergonomic job redesign happen?


Who will you show your EJA to in order to get the changes made?

““Best Arguments”Best Arguments”


Go to the corner of the room of the person you would talk to in order to get an ergonomic change made to your job.

What would you say to convince the person to make the ergonomic

changes?

““Best Arguments”Best Arguments”


What are the “best arguments” to get ergonomic changes made on

construction jobs?

Training EvaluationTraining Evaluation


What did you like about this training?

What suggestions do you have for changes?

AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements


Construction Occupational Health Program

Department of Work Environment University of Massachusetts LowellOne University Ave., Lowell, MA 01854Phone: 978-934-3329 Fax: 978-452-5711www.uml.edu/Dept/WE/COHP

Labor-Management Construction Safety Alliance256 Freeport St., Boston, MA 02122Phone: 617-436-4159 Fax: 617-436-4163

This training program was developed jointly by:

AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements


This training program was funded by grants from:

Center to Protect Workers’ Rights (CPWR)

Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund

We thank the Hunter College Center for Occupational and Environmental Health for permission to reprint the graphic on Slide 13 from “Working Without Pain.” The graphic was originally designed by Richard Sheinaus of Gotham Design.

©2000 Construction Occupational Health Program, UMass Lowell

hardhat ergonomics hardhat ergonomics-powerpoint presentation 1.2 (november 2000) slide 1 ergonomics...

Documents

construction workers

ergonomic job redesign

musculoskeletal system

musculoskeletal disorders1

ergonomics awareness

ergonomics isthe science

construction industry

ergonomic problems