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Additional References
Ergonomic Report Excerpts: Transportation by Air (SIC 45)
- Baggage handling: lifting heavy
and/or large bags of unknown weight, performing unnecessary
or repetitive lifts, standing for long periods of
time, performing extended reaches while lifting heavy
baggage.
- Baggage handling: standing for long
periods of time, unloading baggage from the baggage
carts onto the carousel conveyor, lifting baggage
from the conveyor to place it on the baggage cart.
- Baggage handling: lifting
baggage from the conveyor to place it on the baggage
cart, lifting baggage from the conveyor and stacking
it inside the airplane cargo, lifting baggage from
the cart to place it on the conveyor.
- Baggage handling: lifting luggage
from the ticket counter platform to place it on the
moving take away conveyor, repetitive lifting, standing
for long periods of time, lifting baggage from the
stacks inside of the airplane cargo hold, lifting
luggage from the conveyor to place it into the luggage
cart.
- Baggage handling: unloading baggage
from the baggage carts onto the carousel conveyor,
repeatedly lift and carry heavy baggage items from
the area where customers deposit them.
- Airline service company: lifting
baggage without knowing the weight inside the bags,
lifting luggage up to the plane's storage compartments
without the aid of a conveyor, lifting and placing
luggage while inside the plane's storage area.
- Reservation center: using a headset
to answer customer calls concerning airline scheduling
problems, performing repeated keying activities with
the wrist in severely deviated postures.
- Reservation center: raising chairs
to a level where the armrest height and the table
height are the same.
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