Manual handling of highway kerbs—focus group findings

Manual handling of highway kerbs--focus group findings.

The manual handling of concrete highway kerbs remains commonplace in the construction industry despite obvious risks to operatives. This study was undertaken to find out why kerb installation still includes manual handling, to identify the alternatives that exist and to consider how the organisation of the work affects exposure to risk. Focus groups were held with industry professionals to disc...

A Staggered-Diamond Design for Automated/Manual-HOV Highway-to-Highway Interchange

Manual handling injuries in health care workers.

Nursing aides are particularly susceptible to manual handling injuries because they have the primary responsibility for heavy lifting. The aim of this study was to determine why a specific group of nursing aides have the highest manual handling injury rate in their hospital. The study investigated the adequacy of the manual handling training program, knowledge of manual handling, mechanical aid...

A staggered-diamond Design for Automated/Manual-HOV Highway-to-Highway Interchanges

Strategies for preventing manual handling injury.