World at work: Bricklayers and bricklayers’ assistants

An overview is presented of the tasks, health and safety risks, and control measures to reduce or eliminate hazards involved in bricklaying. Hazards include physical work demands and workload, toxic substances, noise, vibration, climate, occupational accidents, and psychosocial work demands. Tables...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) England), 2004-01, Vol.61 (1), p.89-93
Hauptverfasser:	van der Molen, H F, Veenstra, S J, Sluiter, J K, Frings-Dresen, M H W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	bricklayers Bricklaying Bricks Construction industries Construction Materials - adverse effects Construction workers Dust Ergonomics Ground transportation health and safety risks Humans Manual labor Mortars Occupational Diseases - etiology Occupational Diseases - prevention & control Occupational Health preventive measures Quartz Safety Management - methods Workload Workloads Workplaces World at Work
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Zusammenfassung:	An overview is presented of the tasks, health and safety risks, and control measures to reduce or eliminate hazards involved in bricklaying. Hazards include physical work demands and workload, toxic substances, noise, vibration, climate, occupational accidents, and psychosocial work demands. Tables provide details of time spent on various tasks by Dutch bricklayers and of the occurrence of musculoskeletal complaints. Consensus-based ergonomic measures for reducing the physical work demands and safety measures for preventing accidents are included. 43 refs.
ISSN:	1351-0711 1470-7926
DOI:	10.1136/oem.2002.001750