An ergonomic assessment of the airline baggage handler

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CHAPTER 2MOST COMMONLY INJURED BODY PARTS AND THEIR ANATOMY2.1 Commonly Injured Body SegmentsThe most commonly injured and/or strained body parts due to manual material handlingactivity are the back, neck, shoulders, and the knees. These body parts are heavily usedin the bending, reaching, pulling, twisting, squatting, and lifting necessary to performmany material-handling tasks. The following sections describe the anatomical detail andinjury mechanisms of these body parts.2.2 The BackThe most commonly injured body part suffered by people in the workforce is injury tothe lower back. Back injury makes up 20% of all injuries that happen in the workplace,which makes up approximately 20 to 50 billion dollars in lost productivity and worker'scompensation (Dell, 1997). Baggage handlers suffer from a high rate of back injury dueto the heavy and repetitive lifting required by their job. The lower part of the back ismore susceptible to back injury. The lower back or lumbar area is most heavily stressedbecause of the structure and the muscular arrangement of the lower back muscles. Figure2.1 illustrates the major muscle groups in the back. When the forces are too large for theback muscles to support, the soft tissue and tendons in the back get injured.9
Figure 2.1 Principle muscle groups of the lower and upper back.The "lower back" is most commonly described as the area from the thorax to thepelvis on the dorsal (back) aspect of the body. The important anatomic structures includelumbar vertebrae, facet joints, lower back muscles and ligaments, vertebral discs, spinalchord and nerves (Figure 2.2).
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APPENDIXMODEL FOR FUTURE BAGGAGE HA
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