Independent consultant, Milford, PA, USA.
IISE Trans Occup Ergon Hum Factors. 2020 Jul-Sep;8(3):145-154. doi: 10.1080/24725838.2020.1844821. Epub 2020 Nov 23.
Occupational Applications This paper provides a historical overview of the rise of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) in the U.S. from the 1980s to the present, with a special focus on the two industries with the highest recorded rates: Meatpacking and Auto Assembly. The activities underlying this account amount to a major occupational health success story (although still incomplete) in the recognition of these disorders and the development of a nation-wide effort for prevention. An obstacle in creating the data presented here was that the system of recordkeeping changed in multiple ways, making it difficult to compare WMSD rates over time. The work summarized here evaluated the effect of these changes and combined temporal segments that were judged to be the most accurate to create an overall trend line. These results can aid in: 1) showing the overall history of the recognition and prevention of WMSDs, 2) understanding the effects of the recordkeeping changes, and 3) allowing international comparisons of the trends.
职业应用 本文从历史角度概述了工作相关肌肉骨骼疾病（WMSD）在美国从 20 世纪 80 年代至今的发展情况，特别关注记录发病率最高的两个行业：肉类包装和汽车装配。该报告所涉及的各项活动是在认识这些疾病和开展全国性预防工作方面取得的一项重大职业健康成功案例（尽管仍不完整）。在创建这里呈现的数据时存在一个障碍，即记录保存系统以多种方式发生变化，使得难以随时间比较 WMSD 发病率。这里总结的工作评估了这些变化的影响，并合并了被认为最准确的时间片段，以创建一条总体趋势线。这些结果可以帮助：1）展示对 WMSD 的认识和预防的总体历史，2）了解记录保存变化的影响，以及 3）允许对趋势进行国际比较。
