C.C. Gjessing’s scientific contributions

... Engineering controls often require the redesign of jobs including factors such as equipment, tools, environments, and facilities. Administrative controls, in contrast, are management-led work practices and policies that are used to reduce or prevent exposures to WMSD risk factors [13]. Diverse controls have been implemented in mining, including redesign of seats and suspension systems for heavy mining vehicles [14][15][16][17]; equipment and tool design/redesign [18][19][20][21][22]; participatory ergonomics programs [23][24][25]; behavior-based safety programs [26]; and training programs [27][28][29][30]. ...

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Perspectives of Mining Personnel on Adopting Occupational Exoskeletons: Comparisons Between a Developed and a Developing Country

... Generally, work-related disorders of the MSK system are secondary to highly repetitive vocational demands as well as working in awkward positions, as experienced commonly by manual laborers [11,12]. Surgeons, especially orthopedic surgeons, have a high degree of resilience along with a strong work ethic, like an athlete [13,14]. ...

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Prevalence and Impact of Musculoskeletal Occupational Injuries among Orthopedic Surgeons: A Cross-Sectional Study