Sector: food industry

Type of hazard: handling of loads

Catchwords: lifting and carrying of loads, load, physical strain/stress

Status: completed 12/1996

Financed by: Berufsgenossenschaft Nahrungsmittel und Gaststätten

Research institution(s): Institut für Leichtathletik und Turnen der Deutschen Sporthochschule Köln

Description, key words:

Influential factors in occupational spinal strain

Aims:

Prevention of work-induced damage of spine

Activities/methods:

Analysis of muscle activities of the spine during lifting and carrying loads

Results:

Lifting exerts strain mainly on the small erector spinea muscle; no differences with regard to spinal strain between lifting and lowering weights; spinal strain is determined by the weight of the load; the influence of the horizontal movement distance is minimal, the influence of the vertical starting point of the load is greater; the handiness of the load (handling situation) has a significant influence on the load situation on L5-S1 and the demands on the muscle system.

Publications:

Referat auf "Prävention von berufs-/arbeitsbedingten Gesundheitsstörungen und Erkrankungen - 2. Erfurter Tage" 12/95

last update: 22.08.2000