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Mining Publication: Implementation of an Ergonomics Process at a US Surface Coal Mine

Original creation date: February 2007

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Since 1990 and the publication of the Ergonomics Program Management Guidelines for Meatpacking Plants by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration, numerous reports of companies implementing ergonomics program have been published. However, despite these numerous reports, no examples of implementing an ergonomics program in the mining industry have been reported. In 2000, NIOSH initiated a long-term project to demonstrate the implementation of an ergonomics process designed to identify and reduce exposures to ergonomic risk factors found in mining. The mine selected for this project was the Jim Bridger Mine, a surface coal mine located 35 miles northeast of Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, WY. This paper discusses how a large, surface coal mine implemented an ergonomics program and the lessons learned while doing so.

Authors: J Torma-Krajewski, LJ Steiner, P Lewis, P Gust, K Johnson

Peer Reviewed Journal Article - February 2007

NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20031731

Int J Ind Ergonom 2007 Feb; 37(2):157-167


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