STRETCHING PROGRAMS: REDUCING ERGONOMIC INJURIES

摘要

According to the most recent injury statistics collected by the American Mushroom Institute's (AMI) Mushroom Employee Safety and Health (MESH) committee, slips, trips and falls, along with sprains and strains, were the two largest causes of recordableinjuries in the mushroom industry. Restricted duty cases related to musculoskeletal sprains and strains made up 40 percent or 194 incidents of the total recorded cases. Additionally, 30 percent of lost time cases were musculoskeletal sprains and strains, a total of 87 recorded cases.