Biomechanical Analysis of Ergonomic Risk for Camera Journalists

摘要

Low back pain is a very common occupational safety and health problem in workplace. Research con-cerning low back problems for employees in semiconductor manufacturers,meat processing companies, and construction industries had been conducted in Taiwan in the past. In this article, investigation of the job and low back pain problems for video photographers, who worked for TV news, was performed and discussed. Questionnaire survey and biomechanical analysis was executed concerning musculoskele-tal symptoms experienced for the photographers. Recommendations to reduced the risk of low back pain was discussed.