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

Load Haul Dump (LHD) Operator Posture Assessment
Load Haul Dump (LHD) Operator Posture Assessment (Safe Operator Campaign). Identifies postural risk factors related to vehicle design, measurement methodology and applications of controls.

MSD Job Title/Task:Load Haul Dump (LHD) Operator Mining - General
Topic:Design - Vehicle
Document Type:Fact sheetYear:
Source:Mines and Aggregates Safety and Health AssociationView Source Details
Location: Ontario

Line of Sight Evaluation
Line of Sight Evaluation. This fact sheet reviews the evaluation of line of sight in existing Load Haul Dump vehicles and selection of better designed future LHD vehicles.

MSD Job Title/Task:Load Haul Dump (LHD) Operator
Topic:Design - Vehicle
Document Type:Fact sheetYear:
Source:Mines and Aggregates Safety and Health 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

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

Analysis of Postural Loading in Lift Trucks
Analysis of Postural Loading in Lift Trucks (Safe Operator Campaign). Outlines the method to analyze postures and help determine lift trucks posing the least health and safety risk to operators.

MSD Job Title/Task:Lift Truck Operator Mining - General
Topic: Design - Vehicle
Document Type:Fact sheetYear:
Source:Mines and Aggregates Safety and Health AssociationView 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