Does a rolling floor reduce the physical work demands and workload, and increase the productivity of truck drivers handling packed goods?

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 595-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Verschoof ◽  
P. Paul F.M. Kuijer ◽  
Monique H.W. Frings-Dresen
Keyword(s):  
Truck Drivers ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Physical Work Demands

Assessment of physical work demands of long-distance industrial gas delivery truck drivers

2021 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 103224
Author(s):  
Firdaous Sekkay ◽  
Daniel Imbeau ◽  
Philippe-Antoine Dubé ◽  
Yuvin Chinniah ◽  
Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Truck Drivers ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Physical Work Demands

scholarly journals Indicators and determinants of the years of working life lost: a narrative review

2021 ◽  
pp. 140349482199366
Author(s):  
Rahman Shiri ◽  
Aapo Hiilamo ◽  
Tea Lallukka
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Physical Work Demands ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Healthy Working ◽  
Overweight Or Obesity

Objective: This narrative review summarizes the available indicators for working life expectancy and years of working life lost (YWLL) and their determinants. Methods: We searched PubMed and Embase databases from their inception until August 2020 and screened all studies proposing an indicator for working life expectancy or YWLL. We also reviewed studies focusing on sociodemographic, lifestyle and work-related determinants of working life expectancy and YWLL. The results were synthesized narratively. Results: We identified 13 different indicators for the length of working life or YWLL. The most frequently used indicators were ‘working life expectancy’, ‘healthy working life expectancy’, and YWLL. Working life expectancy and healthy working life expectancy are longer for men than women. Working life expectancy at the age of 50 has been increasing since the mid-90s, and the increase has been larger for women, reducing the sex difference. Working life is shorter for people with a low level of education, in lower occupational classes, for people exposed to high physical work demands, those living in the most socioeconomically deprived areas, people with overweight or obesity, smokers, people who are inactive during leisure time and in people with a chronic health problem. Conclusions: Despite increasing interest in understanding the determinants of YWLL, only a few studies have simultaneously considered multiple exit routes from the labour market. We propose a new measure for total YWLL considering all relevant exit routes from employment. This comprehensive measure can be used to assess the effect of given policy changes on prolonging working life.

scholarly journals Important work demands for reducing sickness absence among workers with neck or upper back pain: a prospective cohort study

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Oliv ◽  
Ewa Gustafsson ◽  
Adnan Noor Baloch ◽  
Mats Hagberg ◽  
Helena Sandén
Keyword(s):  
Back Pain ◽  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Work Ability ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Work Demand ◽  
Physical Work Demands ◽  
Work Ability Score

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to investigate what exposure to work demands, physical and psychosocial, is associated with lower levels of sickness absence among workers with neck or upper back pain in different groups, by age, gender, duration of sickness absence and work ability score. Methods This study was a prospective study of 4567 workers with neck or upper back pain. Data on neck or upper back pain, work demand and work ability were obtained from the Swedish Work Environment survey over a 3–year period (2009–2013). Register data on sickness absence, 1 year after each survey was conducted, were obtained from the Swedish health insurance database. Analyses were performed to estimate the association between self-reported work demands and registered sick days > 14 days. The analyses were stratified for gender, age group and work ability score. Results Lower numbers of sick days were found for workers reporting low exposure to lifting ≥15 kg and twisted or forward-leaning work postures. Lower numbers of sick days were found for workers reporting high work control and seated work. The associations were generally stronger in the older age groups for the physical work demands. Conclusions The findings in this study suggest that certain physical work demands and having high control over one’s work can result in lower sickness absence, especially among middle-aged and older workers with neck or upper back pain.

scholarly journals Reproducibility and validity of workers’ self-reports of physical work demands

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 409-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan R Stock ◽  
Rita Fernandes ◽  
Alain Delisle ◽  
Nicole Vézina
Keyword(s):  
Physical Work ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Physical Work Demands ◽  
Self Reports

scholarly journals Does age modify the association between physical work demands and deterioration of self-rated general health?

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hermann Burr ◽  
Anne Pohrt ◽  
Reiner Rugulies ◽  
Andreas Holtermann ◽  
Hans Martin Hasselhorn
Keyword(s):  
General Health ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Physical Work Demands

scholarly journals Importance of the Working Environment for Early Retirement: Prospective Cohort Study with Register Follow-Up

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (18) ◽  
pp. 9817
Author(s):  
Emil Sundstrup ◽  
Sannie V. Thorsen ◽  
Reiner Rugulies ◽  
Mona Larsen ◽  
Kristina Thomassen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Early Retirement ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Psychosocial Work Factors ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Physical Work Demands ◽  
Psychosocial Working Conditions ◽  
Work Factors

Background: This study investigates the role of physical work demands and psychosocial work factors for early retirement among older workers. Methods: Data from three Danish surveys on work environment and health among employed older workers (age 55–59) were merged with a national register containing information on labour market participation. Robust Poisson regression modelled the risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association between physical and psychosocial work factors and early retirement, that is, not working after the age of 64. Results: Of the 2800 workers, 53% retired early. High physical work demands (RR 1.33, 95%CI 1.19–1.48), poor overall psychosocial working conditions (RR 1.43, 95%CI 1.26–1.61), and access to early retirement benefits (RR 1.79, 95%CI 1.53–2.10) predicted early retirement. Subgroup analyses revealed that poor overall psychosocial working conditions were a stronger predictor for early retirement among workers with seated jobs than those with physically active jobs. Conclusions: High physical work demands and poor psychosocial working conditions are factors that can push older workers out of the labour market prematurely. Poor psychosocial working conditions seem to be a particularly strong push factor among workers with seated work.

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