Health Risks for Heavy Equipment Operators
Health Risks for Heavy Equipment Operators. Provides suggestions to improve posture and administrative and engineering controls to reduce operator exposure to vibration.

MSD Job Title/Task:Heavy Equipment Operator
Topic:Design - Vehicle Vibration Driving
Document Type:Fact sheetYear:1998
Source:Construction Safety Association of OntarioView Source Details
Location: Ontario

Hand Protection
Hand Protection. This fact sheet reviews physical hazards workers are exposed to and the benefits of wearing gloves related to contact stress, vibration and cold temperatures.

MSD Job Title/Task: Construction - General
Topic: Contact Stress Vibration Cold Stress
Document Type:Fact sheetYear:2002
Source:Construction Safety Association of OntarioView Source Details
Location: Ontario

Whole Body Vibration
Whole Body Vibration. This fact sheet reviews the risks associated with whole body vibration and offers suggestions for both engineering and administrative controls.

MSD Job Title/Task:Heavy Equipment Operator
Topic:Vibration Design - Vehicle Driving
Document Type:Fact sheetYear:2002
Source:Construction Safety Association of OntarioView Source Details
Location: Ontario

Seats and Sitting: Ergonomic Tip Sheet
Seats and Sitting: Ergonomic Tip Sheet. This fact sheet identifies the ergonomic concerns about seated tasks and provides recommendations related to seating features, cab design, job design controls such as appropriate speed, and stretching.

MSD Job Title/Task: Forestry - General
Topic:Sitting Design - Vehicle MSD Prevention
Document Type:Fact sheetYear:
Source:Ontario Forestry Safe Workplace AssociationView Source Details
Location: Ontario

Mechanized Harvesting Equipment Operator Safety Training
Mechanized Harvesting Equipment Operator Safety Training. This one day pre-employment required course reviews the knowledge and skills required by supervisors and workers entering the logging industry. The course identifies ergonomic issues relating to the working environment, mental and physical fatigue, manual lifting and carrying.

MSD Job Title/Task:Harvest equipment operator
Topic: Manual Materials Handling
Document Type:Training sessionYear:
Source:Ontario Forestry Safe Workplace AssociationView Source Details
Location: Ontario

Mobile Machine Mechanic Safety Training
Mobile Machine Mechanic Safety Training. In addition to identifying other safety hazards, the training materials also review ergonomic problems such as awkward postures, cramped spaces, mounting and dismounting from equipment, and over-exertion.

MSD Job Title/Task:Mobile Machine Mechanic
Topic: MSD Prevention
Document Type:Training sessionYear:
Source:Ontario Forestry Safe Workplace AssociationView Source Details
Location: Ontario

The Ergonomics of Lift Trucks
The Ergonomics of Lift Trucks. This technical report highlights research that links physical design of the lift truck, how the design negatively impacts the operator, and how this mismatch results in an increased number of accidents/injuries. Various design improvements suggested in the literature and/or currently being implemented by different manufacturers is discussed.

MSD Job Title/Task:Forklift Operator
Topic:Design - Vehicle MSD Prevention
Document Type:GuidelineYear:
Source:Pulp and Paper Health and Safety AssociationView Source Details
Location: Ontario