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Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 25/09/2023
1. JOB-EXPOSURE MATRICES
JEM name
  Occupational Mechanical Job Exposure Index based on five Norwegian nationwide Surveys of Living Conditions on work environment
Institute
  Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy
Country
  Norway
Contact person
  Åsmund Hermansen
Email
  asmuhe@oslomet.no
References (citation)
 

  • Hermansen, Å., Dahl, E. Constructing and validating an Occupational Mechanical Job Exposure Index based on five Norwegian nationwide Surveys of Living Conditions on work environment. BMC Public Health 22, 2028 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14460-7
References (weblinks)
 

  • https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-14460-7
Attachments
 

Year JEM was developed
  2022
Agents
 

  • Ergonomics, Physical Workload, and Injury Related
Ergonomics, Physical Workload, and Injury Related
 

  • Awkward work postures (e.g. kneeling/squatting, elevated arms, neck flection, back bent forward without support)
  • Physical work load (e.g. heavy lifting of people or objects, pushing/pulling)
  • Repetitive work movements
  • Standing work
Occupation Axis
  Yes
Coding system
 

  • ISCO 2008
Coding system (Number of digits used)
  4
Industry Axis
  No
Intensity
  Yes
Intensity categories/units
 

  • Qualitative (specify cut-off points, if applicable)
Specify: Qualitative (specify cut-off points)
  Cut-off points for exposed vs. non-exposed
Probability
  No
Duration
  No
Frequency
  No
Peaks
  No
Data source(s)
 

  • Self-reported data
Relation with other JEMs
  Hanvold, T. N., Sterud, T., Kristensen, P., & Mehlum, I. S. (2019). Mechanical and psychosocial work exposures. Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health, 45(3), 239-247.