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TIMETABLE
| 0900
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Registration
- Tea/Coffee |
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Chaired
by Frank Cunneen, Chairman, Health and Safety Authority |
| 0930 |
Conference
Opening
Frank Cunneen, Chairman, Health and Safety
Authority
Introduction
Mr. Enda Fallon, Chairman, Irish Ergonomics Society
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| 0945 |
Prevention
of musculoskeletal disorders: norms or ergonomics
Dr. IIIka Kuorinka, Ergonomist |
| 1030 |
Manual
handling of concrete blocks - an ergonomics specialist approach
Mr. Simon Monnington, Health and Safety Executive, UK |
| 1100 |
Tea/Coffee |
| 1120 |
Break-out
Industrial and Construction Parallel Workshops |
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INDUSTRIAL
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Industrial
Workshop
- chaired by Mr. Frank Power, HSA |
| 1130 |
Session
1
Practical management of work-related musculoskeletal disorders:a
team approach
Lorraine Wallace, Physiotherapist |
| 1150 |
Session
2
Ergonomic intervention team training: lessons from the
field
Rob Saunders, Ergo Consulting
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| 1220 |
Session
3
Effects of table height on postures in job shop work:
an ergonomic study
Leonard OÕSullivan &
Tim Gallwey Ergonomic Research Centre University of Limerick |
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CONSTRUCTION
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Construction
Workshop
- chaired by Fiona Moclair, IES |
| 1130 |
Session
1
Common construction injuries and their management
Lelia Jennings & Muriel Johnson, Physiotherapists |
| 1150 |
Session
2
Ergonomics in construction
Ms. Eva Holmstrom, PhD, RPT, Lund University, Sweden
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| 1220 |
Session
3
Design and assessment of hand tools
Specialist Speaker - to be announced |
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| 1300
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Lunch |
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Chaired
by Enda Fallon, Irish Ergonomic Society |
| 1415 |
Low back
pain - new research developments into this age old problem
Dr. Stuart
McGill, University of Waterloo, Canada
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| 1500 |
Tea/Coffee |
| 1515 |
Roundtable
discussion group
will provide a forum for the audience to interact
with members of the following groups: HSA, CIF, IBEC, safety
representatives, ICTU, IES, keynote speakers. Plenary Discussion
Panel |
| 1700+ |
Social
evening |
Who
Should Attend
The programme will be particularly useful for people involved in
occupational health and safety especially those involved in idustrial
and construction applications, product and facility designers, safety
representatives, ergonomists, physio and occupational therapists.
It will also be of interest to professionals from trade unions,
human resources and employer's organisations who want to learn more
about the role of ergonomics in the prevention and management of
workplace injuries.
This conference will be followed by practical workshop sessions,
which will take place around the country. The topics for the workshops
will be decided after the conference based on participant interest.
Fee
The fee for the one day conference including, proceedings, lunch
and tea/coffee is IR£130.00.
Venue
The Conference will take place in the Dublin Castle Conference Centre,
which is located in the city centre. Pedestrian access to the Conference
Centre is from Dame Street (beside City Hall).
Accommodation
There are many hotels within walking distance of Dublin Castle -
Jury's Christchurch Inn is the nearest. Reservations should also
be made directly with the hotel.
Car
Parking
Unfortunatley, there are no car parking facilities in Dublin Castle
for delegates. There are however, a number of public car parks in
the vicinity of the Dublin Castle Conference Centre should you require
same.
Exhibition
Delegates will be able to visit an on-site exhibition relevent to
health and safety in the workplace throughout the duration of the
Conference.
For
Further Information, please contact:
Ms Norah Kavanagh
Health and Safety Authority
10 Hogan Place, Dublin 2
Tel 016147068
Fax 016147023
email nora@hsa.ie
Keynote
Speakers
Mr.
Illka Kourinka, M.D., Ph.D
After graduating in medicine in 1967, Mr. Kuorinka worked as a general
practitioner, joining the Ergonomics Unit of the Institute of Occupational
Health in Helsinki,Finland in 1968.He completed his doctoral thesis
in 1976 on fatigue and EMG (electromyography) during repetitive
movements. His research interest areas focussed on repetitive tasks
Ð both the mechanics of movement and the relationship to injury
Ð in an ergonomic context. In 1989, he moved to Montreal,Canada
with the L'Institut de recherche en sante et en securite du travail.He
was initially a researcher with this body and then became programme
director with the Programme Securite-Ergonomie. Since 1997, he has
been an international lecturer and consultant in Ergonomics. Mr
Kuorinka is the former president and fellow of the International
Ergonomics Association (IEA) and the recepient of both the "Grand
Prix" of the Nordic Ergonomics Society and "Distinguished
Foreign Colleague Award", Human Factors Society.
Dr. Stuart McGill,Ph.D
Stuart McGill is a spinal biomechanist and Professor in the Department
of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo, Canada where he has
a laboratory that explores low back mechanics of both intact humans
(both normal and injured people) and harvested tissues (where specific
injuries are created and analysed-mostly pig spines). He is the
author of many scientific journal papers that address the issues
of lumbar function, low back injurymechanisms, investigation of
tissue loading during rehabilitation programs, and the formulation
of work-related injury avoidance strategies. This work has received
several awards including the "Volvo Bioengineering Award for
Low Back Pain Research" in 1986. As a consultant to industry,
he has provided expertise on assessment and reduction of the risk
of low back injury to various government agencies, several corporations
and several legal f i r m s . He curre n t ly holds an NSERC re
s e a rch operating grant entitled "Tow a rd s Understanding
Low Back Injury From Repeated and Prolonged Loads", together
with funding from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, and
is the President of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics for 1999-2000
and an elected member of the executive for the International Society
for Biomechanics 1999-2001. He is married, has two children, and
lives in Waterloo, Ontario.
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Irish
Ergonomics
Society
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Kilkerrin
Business Park 2, Tuam Road, Galway
Tel/Fax: 091-770030
E-mail: data@ergo.ie
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