Reducing injuries in fire
departments through improved
ergonomic truck design
Safer solutions result from assessing human limitations on reach, posture
By William Lenharth
One of the most frequent tasks firefighters
perform involves working with their fire trucks
while handling many types of equipment. This
interaction can cause injuries due to putting
the firefighter in an awkward posture or
requiring poor gripping or load bearing strains.
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