Watch your back - don't abuse it

Article Abstract:

Eight out of ten people have significant back problems during their lives and electrical workers are well representative in this number, their work often involving repetitive twisting and prolonged sitting, two of the major causes of problems. It is important that before starting a task, often involving working in one location for a considerable time, the workman should make himself comfortable. The use of shock absorbers in footwear when standing will often have a beneficial effect. Advice can be sought regarding the attitudes adopted to carry out a long job, flexibility being particularly important.

Prevention, Backache, Back pain

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Don't be too repetitive

Article Abstract:

Attention should be paid to how work is carried out and the tools that are used since performing repetitive work can lead to a variety of physical injuries. Known as repetitive motion or cumulative trauma disorders, these injuries affect such structural body tissues as ligaments, tendons and muscles. Repetitive use of the hand can lead to trigger finger and carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive thumb movements can cause carpometacarpal arthritis of the thumb, also known as basal joint arthritis, while too much side-to-side use of the wrist can cause DeQuervain's tendonitis.

Risk factors, Cover Story, Overuse injuries, Repetition strain injury

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Site for sore eyes

Article Abstract:

The UK's Health and Safety Executive Initiative has been targeting accidents at work since 1997 but a recent survey shows that the number of such incidents in the electrical contracting industry rose from 215 in 1996 to 225 in 1997. A closer examination of the figures show that there has been considerable improvement in materials handling, storage and stacking, but an increase in accidents involving scaffolding and working from platforms.

Workplace accidents, Surveys

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