Workplace Hazards and Prevention Options From a Nonrandom Sample of Retail Trade Businesses

• Autorzy: Anderson V. P. , Chun H.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Employer commitment is a key factor in an effective safety program, yet limited research has focused on the safety priorities of retail store managers. To address this, the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recruited 4 experienced ergonomists, who met and interviewed 9 retailers in different parts of the eastern USA. The reports from the 9 interviews were used to document the hazards facing retailers and the interventions they attempted. Those interviewed were managers/owners of establishments that ranged from a small bakery with 11 employees to a supermarket with 85 or more employees. The main hazards across all establishments included overexertion, contact-with-objects, and falls-to-the-same-level. We also compared theretailers’ perceptions of safety hazards with injuries from actual hazards as supplied by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This report provides insight into the retailers’ perceptions of safety hazards as well as their commitment to the prevention of workplace injuries.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

hazards; interventions; engineering controls; ergonomics; manual materials handling

PL

handel detaliczny; ergonomia; dźwiganie ciężarów; przenoszenie ręczne; zagrożenia

• Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: Vol. 20, No. 1
• Strony: 181--195
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 43 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Anderson V. P.

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, USA

autor

Chun H.

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, USA

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