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
Robert Dunn TD
RGN OHNC SCPHN(OH)
MSc
Senior Occupational Health
Adviser
University of Oxford Occupational Health
Service
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