| Title: |
Multi-Task Jobs: Hazard Assessment and Job Rotation |
| Issue: |
Knowledge about what works or does not work in job rotation can inform job design to lower exposure to musculoskeletal injury risks. |
| Objectives: |
The project’s objective is to develop a method for evaluating the effects of different task combinations on musculoskeletal demand. |
| Anticipated Results: |
The project will develop a method to test whether task variation provides benefits and how it can be used in three different body regions. |
| Investigators: |
Heather Carnahan, University of Waterloo
Mardon Frazer, University of Waterloo
Peter Keir, York University
Anne Moore, York University
James Potvin, University of Waterloo
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| Year Funded: |
2005 |
| Budget: |
$28,695 |
| Funding Agency: |
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario
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| Keywords: |
job rotation, musculoskeletal disorder, prevention, job design |
