文档介绍：SIMPLE SOLUTIONS:
ERGONOMICS FOR FARM WORKERS
Edited By:
Sherry Baron1
Cheryl F. Estill2
Andrea Steege1
Nina Lalich1
. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
2Division of Applied Research and Technology
February 2001
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Simple Solutions:
Ergonomics for Farm Workers
Summary
• Backaches and pain in the shoulders, arms, and hands are the mon symp-
toms that farm workers report.
• These injuries can be disabling, which can affect the worker’s earnings and the
grower’s profits.
• There are cost-effective ways to prevent or reduce these symptoms.
• The “tip sheets”
in this booklet
show how to
make or order
inexpensive new
tools or to modify
existing ones to
reduce the risk of
pain.
• Solutions dis-
covered for one
type of crop can
be modified for
use with other
kinds of crops.
• Worker-manage-
ment ergonomics
teams can be
formed to discov-
er your own sim- Newly designed stands for potting plants. The stands hold the plant bins at an angle. The
ple solutio