Musculoskeletal Disorders in Unstructured, Unregulated Work: Assessment Methods and Injuries

D’Souza, Clive; Martin, Bernard J.; Todd, Andrew; Gomes, José Orlando

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“…More broadly, this presentation will also emphasize need for international and inter-professional collaborations, to help address the disproportionate health and safety burden experienced by vulnerable workers in the informal sector, particular in urban waste and e-waste processing. New interdisciplinary research in HF/E is needed that incorporates the six key components identified by Wilson, namely, systems focus, concern for context, interactions, holism, recognizing emergent properties, and the need for embedded HF/E practice (Wilson, 2014; D’Souza et al, 2021).…”

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Environmental Sustainability, Electronics, and Ergonomics: A Tale of Two Continents

Acquah,

Martin,

Maguire

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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What does the overdependence on electronic and electrical appliances in the US have to do with migrant workers in West Africa? What is the relevance and role of Human Factors and Ergonomics (HF/E) research and practice in this context? This discussion panel will: (i) explore the nexus between electrical and electronic appliance waste (e-waste) – of which the US and other developed countries are a major contributor – and the disproportionate environmental and occupational health burden placed on emerging countries such as Ghana, and (ii) examine how corporations are responding by intentional paradigm shifts in sustainability, circularity, supply chain transparency, and product life-cycle management spanning raw material sourcing to recycling and reuse. This panel will be a social impact discussion hosted by the HFES Environmental Design Technical Group in collaboration with the HFES Sustainability Task Force and the IEA Technical Committee on Informal Work, with panelists from academia and industry.

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Environmental Sustainability, Electronics, and Ergonomics: A Tale of Two Continents

Acquah,

Martin,

Maguire

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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“…Table S1: PRISMA 2020 checklist, Table S2: Search strategies and results from different electronic databases, Table S3: Methodological quality of included cross-sectional studies, Table S4: Methodological quality of included cohort studies, Table S5: List of excluded studies at full-text screening stage with brief reasons, Table S6: JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Analytical Cross Sectional Studies, Table S7: JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Cohort Studies. References [ 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 ] are cited in the supplementary materials.…”

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Health Risks Associated with Informal Electronic Waste Recycling in Africa: A Systematic Review

Issah

Arko‐Mensah

Agyekum

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Informal electronic waste (e-waste) recycling in Africa has become a major public health concern. This review examined studies that report on the association between e-waste exposure and adverse human health outcomes in Africa. The review was conducted following the updated version of the Preferred Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (PRISMA 2020) statement checklist. We included papers that were original peer-reviewed epidemiological studies and conference papers, written in English, and reported on e-waste exposure among human populations and any health-related outcome in the context of Africa. Our results from the evaluation of 17 studies found an association between informal e-waste recycling methods and musculoskeletal disease (MSD) symptoms and physical injuries such as back pains, lacerations, eye problems, skin burns, and noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). In addition, the generation and release of particulate matter (PM) of various sizes, and toxic and essential metals such as cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), etc., during the recycling process are associated with adverse systemic intermediate health outcomes including cardiopulmonary function and DNA damage. This systematic review concludes that the methods used by e-waste recyclers in Africa expose them to increased risk of adverse health outcomes. However, there is a need for more rigorous research that moves past single pollutant analysis.

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Musculoskeletal Disorders in Unstructured, Unregulated Work: Assessment Methods and Injuries

Cited by 2 publications

References 14 publications

Environmental Sustainability, Electronics, and Ergonomics: A Tale of Two Continents

Environmental Sustainability, Electronics, and Ergonomics: A Tale of Two Continents

Health Risks Associated with Informal Electronic Waste Recycling in Africa: A Systematic Review

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