Reducing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Rodbusters

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2010-103, November 2009
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NIOSH evaluated reinforcing ironworkers' (rodbusters) exposures to risk factors for developing low-back and hand disorders when tying together reinforcing steel bars (rebar) on a freeway bridge. Rodbusters used three techniques to tie rebar together—a pliers and a tie wire wheel, a battery operated power tier (PT), and a PT with an extension handle (PTE). NIOSH found that using the PT and PTE reduced the rodbusters' exposures to risk factors for work-related low-back and hand-wrist disorders. In addition, power tying was twice as fast as than pliers tying.

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Recomienda formas de reducir el riesgo de trastornos musculoesqueléticos entre los ferrallistas.

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NIOSH [2009]. Reducing work-related musculoskeletal disorders among rodbusters. By Albers J, Hudock SD. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2010-103.

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