@article{ref1,
title="Scenario analyses of back injuries in industrial accidents",
journal="Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting",
year="1984",
author="Laughery, Kenneth R. and Schmidt, John K.",
volume="28",
number="5",
pages="471-475",
abstract="Scenario analyses were carried out on 229 back injuries occuring over two years in a large petro-chemical manufacturing complex. The patterns indicated that most injuries were a direct result of overexertion in performing a task. Materials handling was the most common task, accounting for 35% of the cases. Two other tasks also accounted for a substantial number of injuries: operating a valve (17%) and assembling or disassembling equipment (18%). A much less common but noteworthy set of scenarios indicated that many back injuries occur in situations where unexpected movement in the person-equipment interface takes place. Age and sex were not significant factors in back injury rates. A higher proportion of injuries were major (OSHA recordable) than is usually found for industrial accidents in general.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2169-5067",
doi="10.1177/154193128402800519",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193128402800519"
}