Evaluation of Masonry Trowel Sizes on Risk of Hand Injuries
Evaluation of Masonry Trowel Sizes on Risk of Hand Injuries. Experiment to investigate the impact of masonry trowel size on wrist postures and forces.

MSD Job Title/Task:Masonry Bricklayer
Topic:Design - Tools
Document Type:Fact sheetYear:2002
Source:Construction Safety Association of OntarioView Source Details
Location: Ontario

Getting a Grip
Getting a Grip: Better design of concrete blocks can reduce risk of injury. This experiment on the effectiveness of reducing concrete block weight and adding handles decreases the load on the lower back and reduces awkward postures.

MSD Job Title/Task:Masonry Bricklayer
Topic:Design - Task Manual Materials Handling
Document Type:Fact sheetYear:2000
Source:Construction Safety Association of OntarioView Source Details
Location: Ontario

Bricklaying and Manual Handling
This article looks at how designers, manufactureres, contractors, and bricklayers can all help to reduce the risk in musculoskeletal disorders when doing the formwork of a structure. Interventions such as changes in the manfacturing of bricks or cement products that are used by bricklayers, changes in storing/delivering brick and cement bags, equipment that can be used to reduce the need for manual handling, changes in mixing mortar, and team lifting are all discussed in this article.

MSD Job Title/Task:Bricklayer
Topic:Manual Materials Handling MSD Prevention
Document Type:Year:2007
Source:Department of Consumer and Employment ProtectionView Source Details
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