 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Darius D. Sivin, PhD, Health & Safety Department, International Union, UAW, 8000 East Jefferson, Detroit, MI 48214, 313-926-5563, dsivin@uaw.net, Franklin E. Mirer, PhD, CIH, Health & Safety Department, United Auto Workers, International Union, 8000 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, MI 48214, Andrew J. Comai, MS, UAW Health & Safety Department, UAW Health & Safety Department, 8000 East Jefferson Ave, Detroit, MI 48214, and Sylvia Johnson, PhD, Safety and Health Department, UAW, 8000 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, MI 48214.
The UAW initiates participatory ergonomics programs at facilities whose employees it represents. Having such programs offers an opportunity to collect baseline data prior to intervention, and thereby formally evaluate their effectiveness. This paper explains how the UAW plans to evaluate the effectiveness of its participatory ergonomics programs. In doing so, the UAW has the following aims:
1. To establish new participatory ergonomics programs in 3-4 UAW represented facilities.
2. To evaluate the impact of the programs by measuring risk factor levels before and after the implementation of the programs.
In particular, the UAW will
1. Select ‘intervention’ and ’control’ facilities. 2. Collect facility baseline ergonomic risk factor data at intervention and control sites by conducting risk factor analyses of work stations using the UAW-GM Risk Factor Checklist. 3. Collect baseline injury-illness data at intervention and control sites by securing OSHA 200 and 300 injury logs for the preceding 5 years. 4. Conduct a symptom survey in the intervention plants. 5. Establish participatory ergonomics processes at intervention sites. 6. Conduct risk factor analyses of work stations again in order to evaluate the impact of the programs on exposure to ergonomic risk factors. 7. Conduct extended job analyses of modified jobs at intervention sites, in order to determine whether interventions were consistent with recommendations, and whether risk factors were reduced by the implemented changes. 8. Collect and compare MSD data for intervention and control sites. 9. Conduct a post-intervention symptom survey in the intervention plants. 10.Analyze Results
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Keywords: Ergonomics, Interventions
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.