IND 712 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Boogie 2Nite, Avail, Massachusetts National Guard
16 Aug 2014
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Safety- concerned with short term ( seconds) effects of physical agents. ex. cutting off finger w/ a punch press. Toxicology- generally deals w/ the long term effects ( years or decades) of chemicals on the body organs. ex. exposed to acetone for 10 yrs causing damage to nerv. system. Msd- concerned w/ intermediate- term ( months. years) effects of the body activity upon the nerves, muscles joints and ligaments. ex. back pain due to lifting. Ct gradually wears away on the body- weak or strong body . Ergo approach to make job fit the person not the converse. Standard approach to reduce msd: a written program, employee involvement & training, medical mang, program evaluation. Exponents & constants for diff activities are not known. Gives avg. value for pop. not ind. Eng. should reduce the various risk factors , realizing that an exact prediction of the reduction of risk is not avail. Motions will be defined as a body part changing direction.
