Maria Grazia Lourdes Monaco, Rossella Uccello, Mariarosaria Muoio, Alessandro Greco, Stefania Spada, Maurizio Coggiola, Paola Pedata, Francesco Caputo, Paolo Chiodini, Nadia Miraglia
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the three-year cumulative risk of work-related upper limb disorders (WRULDs) in a cohort of automotive industry workers and to provide a first test of the ability of the European Assembly Worksheet (EAWS) methodology to predict WRULDs. METHODS: 292 workers were investigated by reviewing workers' medical records during the period from 2012-2015 to determine their exposure to biomechanical overload according to EAWS risk scores (0-25, low risk, Green zone; 26-50, medium risk, Yellow zone; >50, High risk; Red zone)...
December 3, 2019: Work: a Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation