Hi Robert

Very interesting other than remove from the task/get more staff/ 
rotate each i cant think of anything too - perhaps an ergonomist  
doing a worksite visit but you sound like you have assessed this well

they are doing a very high level of repetitive movement requiring  
extreme gripping and overuse of the hand and wrist - as their tasks  
are specific to research purposes it makes it difficult unless they  
can take a proposal forward to arrange for reducing the amount of  
pick ups

it sounds like she will need removed from the task if symptoms are  
acute with anti inflammatorys for rest and recovery

very interesting case though - good luck someone may have better  
suggestions

Steph
On 19 Dec 2008, at 09:57, Robert Dunn wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> Despite the obvious jokes about a bird for Christmas I was  
> wondering if anyone else has experienced anyone presenting with a  
> similar problem, and if so what the solution was apart from stop  
> doing the work?
>
> I have an Zoology PhD with a WRULD (wrist and hand) problem caused  
> by  her research.  She and her team (3 people in total) need to  
> pick up around 600 chickens a day to sex the bird, check the wing  
> tag (which requires frequent finger micro -movements to separate  
> covering feathers), lift it up by the legs to check the vent and  
> the straightness of the legs, then assess the amount and firmness  
> of the breast meat by a subjective hand span measurement (it is at  
> this point all the weight of the bird is on one hand, usually the  
> non-dominant one), and then they finally weigh the bird by placing  
> it in a sling attached to a balance.  The birds weigh ~2.5 – 3.5  
> kilos each.
>
> All comments as usual gratefully received.
>
> Bob
>
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