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No full textAIM: This work provides an overview of the spectrum of possible occupational risk factors in the retail grocery store/supermarket workplace.
METHOD: Literature on this theme, obtained consulting PubMed database and Google Scholar, was checked. We also exjlore results from the National bInstitute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). RESULTs: Contacts with objects, use of dangerous equipment (cutter, food slicer) and falls to the same level (slips, trips and falls) are the mainly described workplace hazards. Exposure to chemical (flour dust, components of detergents or disinfectants, volatile organic compounds and contact with nickel) and physical agents (cold exposure, nonionizing radiation and whole bpdy vibration) are reported by many authors. Relations between biomechanical and ergonomic risk factors and musculoskeletal disorders represent the main subjects of study. Few studies are found about biological agents (particularly among butchers). Data regarding psychosocial risks factors in this setting are still limited.
CONCLUSIONS: Musculoskeletal disorders continue to be the most recurrent health problem between the grocery store workers (particularly low back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome among cashiers). Many technical documents and international Srecommendations are present to prevent these kinds of disorders. Psychosocial risk factors and risk of workplace violence should deserve further investigation
ATTREZZO PER LAVORAZIONE MANUALE E MANICO PER TALE ATTREZZO
No full textUn manico (1; 1’) accoppiabile ad un utensile (5; 5a; 5b; 5c; 5d; 5e; 5f) per una lavorazione meccanica manuale. Il manico (1; 1’) è allungato lungo un asse longitudinale (X; X’) da una prima estremità (101; 101’) a una seconda estremità (102; 102’) opposta a detta prima estremità (101). Il manico comprende: - una superficie di impugnatura (103; 103’), circondante detto asse longitudinale (X) ed estesa da detta prima estremità (101) a detta seconda estremità (102); - un elemento di accoppiamento (105; 105’), posizionato in detta prima estremità (101) e configurato per accoppiare in modo removibile detto manico (1) a detto utensile (5).La superficie di impugnatura (103) definisce al suo interno un volume (104; 104’) rastremato in modo monotono dalla prima estremità (101) alla seconda estremità (102) del manico (1), in modo che la sezione di detto volume (104) trasversale a detto asse longitudinale (X) si riduca progressivamente dalla prima estremità (101) alla seconda estremità (102)
Respirable particles from cutting and grinding ceramic tiles: evaluation of occupational exposure and scanning electron microscopy investigation
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Criteria for Assessing Exposure to Biomechanical Risk Factors: A Research-to-Practice Guide—Part 1: General Issues and Manual Material Handling
Full text linkMusculoskeletal disorders are the most prevalent occupational health problem all over the world and are often related to biomechanical risk factors; to control these risk factors, several assessment methods (mostly observational) have been proposed in the past 40 years. An in-depth knowledge of each method to evaluate biomechanical risk factors is needed to effectively employ them in the field, together with a robust understanding of their effective predictive value and limitations. In Part 1, some general issues relevant to biomechanical risk assessment are discussed, and the method for assessing manual material handling after receiving more robust validation data is reviewed (Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation), together with a discussion about variability of tasks. Similarly, for the assessment of the biomechanical exposure of the upper limb, the TLV for Hand activity (ACGIH®) is presented in Part 2 of this guide, together with criteria to proportion risk assessment to the working duration in part-time jobs
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