Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Estill, Cheryl Fairfield
URN	etd-03042009-041013
Title	An evaluation of a supermarket bagging task using a wrist motion monitor
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Industrial and Systems Engineering
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Kroemer, Karl H. E. Committee Chair Snyder, Harry L. Committee Member Woldstad, Jeffery C. Committee Member
Keywords	Groceries
Date of Defense	1994-04-05
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Cumulative trauma disorders have become common among workers in industry. Grocery stores are an industry with one of the highest number of repeated trauma illnesses. Checkout departments have a rate of musculoskeletal injuries two to three times higher than other supermarket departments. The primary objective of this study was to quantify the wrist motions required to bag groceries. Subjects participated in the laboratory or in the supermarket. The wrist motions included wrist deviations, velocities, and accelerations for flexion-extension, radial-ulnar, and pronation-supination deviations. The dependent variables were handle type and object location. A wrist motion monitor designed at Ohio State University was used to quantify wrist posture and movement.
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