An ergonomic assessment of the airline baggage handler
An ergonomic assessment of the airline baggage handler
An ergonomic assessment of the airline baggage handler
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34The section that refers to back belt supports was interesting (Table 3.9). Ninety<strong>baggage</strong> <strong>handler</strong>s answered no to <strong>the</strong> question—have you worn a back support belt toprevent injuries, which is a little more than half at 58%. More interesting still was thatonly ten <strong>baggage</strong> <strong>handler</strong>s, about 6%, experienced back injury while wearing a supportbelt. This answer is misleading simply because it does not give a clear percentage <strong>of</strong> howmany <strong>baggage</strong> <strong>handler</strong>s used support belts in <strong>the</strong> first place. More than half <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><strong>baggage</strong> <strong>handler</strong>s surveyed felt that back support belts improve a wearer's ability to do<strong>baggage</strong> handling tasks (93), helps prevent lost time back injuries (94), and that backsupport belts should be worn for all lifting tasks (86). However, despite this anoverwhelming number <strong>of</strong> <strong>baggage</strong> <strong>handler</strong>s 133 (78%) felt that back support belts doesnot make lifting technique training unnecessary (133, 85%).