Analysis of job-related low back pains in a Korean industrial complex

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This paper investigates the job-related low back pains (LBP) in Kuro industrial complex where the manufacturing industries are prevailing. The accident compensation claims during 1992 to 1994 were reviewed and total of 726 LBP related claims were analyzed among 7970 compensation claims. A LBP database was constructed to analyze the back injury profiles of this area. The most frequent cause of LBPs was the manual materials handling related lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing or pulling (45.9%) and the second-most frequent cause was fall and slip (29.8%) and collision (7.9%) was the following cause of LBPs.