3139.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

Ergonomic Risk Factors in Today's Workplaces

This session will explore various issues relating to ergonomic injuries.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Participants will learn about the implications for overhead work, hazards for airport check-in workers, MSDs among construction worekrs and the relationship between company size and MSD incidents.
Presider(s):Darryl Alexander, MA
2:30 PMDoes Size Make a Difference? The Relationship of Company Size Risk Factors, Prevalence and Reporting
Tim Morse, Nicholas Warren, Charles F. Dillon, Joe Weber, Heather Bruneau
2:50 PMEffect of hand elevation and wrist position on mean arterial pressure: implications for overhead work
Lee D. Shibley, MA, PT, Thomas M. Cook, PhD, John C. Rosecrance, PhD
3:10 PMOccupational Hazards of Airport Check-in Workers
Ellen E. Rosskam, MPH, Richard Anker, Phd
Sponsor:Occupational Health and Safety
Cosponsors:Chiropractic Health Care; Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
CE Credits:CME, Chiropractic, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA