Addressing Musculoskeletal Disorders in the New Zealand Log Sawmilling Industry
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The paper presents findings from a government funded, industry-based study of timber handling tasks in New Zealand log sawmills, and discusses some of the issues encountered in conducting a long term study of this type. Twelve months’ of accident register records from a sample of log sawmills were first analysed to determine the tasks most commonly linked with musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). Work system assessments were then conducted on two high risk tasks in a total of four log sawmills. Possible interventions were identified and priorities for implementation were developed following discussion with each mill. Informal implementation assistance was provided to two mills over the next 18 months, after which re-assessment of the two work systems was conducted in two sawmills with the main findings outlined in this paper.
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