This may be of benefit… Los Alamos Nat Lab Presentation, Discussions on the Relationship Between Glovebox Worker Safety and Ergonomics, American Glovebox Society Conference, San Francisco 19July2011.
https://permalink.lanl.gov/object/tr?what=info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-11-03934
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Yaritza Brinker
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Getting custom gloveboxes is expensive and can make reuse more difficult. In some (some) cases we found that building a fixed platform to raise the shorter worker safely helped. It is not, unfortunately a
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Any extended segment of repetitive work like that can be problematic. I believe there is a need to emphasize problems with arm length, hand size, and box height. I will be concern about very tall people more; they have to premonition
down. The chemistry done in the air (outside a Glove Box) can be useful for the industry and large-scale production.
I will suggest generating an ergonomic checklist and guidelines for gloveboxes that would be beneficial for the prevention and reduction of musculoskeletal disorders. I will also suggest approaching the American Glove Box Society
for further information. They have one section devoted to Glove Box ergonomics. There is also a nice article in the JCHAS, which talks about Glove Box ergonomic hazards.
https://dchas.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Rotator-cuff-strength-balance-in-glovebox-workers.pdf
The student can also try yoga to relax neck and shoulder muscles.
Tilak
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Hi All:
I heard from a colleague the other day about a repetitive motion injury she has sustained, working in a glove box for extended periods of time – 9-10 hours in some cases, multiple times a week. Her PI, while he has high expectations,
is supportive and empathetic to her.
Physical therapy has helped but that doesn’t solve the root cause: this glove box and most glove boxes are designed for the standard male – 5’10”-6’ tall with the attendant shoulder distance to be able to access the glove ports. She’s
a very short woman with the attendant smaller distance across her shoulders. Injury was inevitable.
There are a couple of issues here:
I know I’m railing at the universe here but it’s just more examples of how women scientists (and small men, for that matter) are generally ignored and how graduate students, doing the heavy lifting of discovery research, continue to be
exploited to the point of injury.
Thanks for listening.
Debbie
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