ABSTRACT
Low back pain is multifactorial in origin but there are few risk factors for low back pain which lend themselves to prevention. Risk factors related to the industrial environment are ones over which we have some control. Epidemiological studies have been conducted suggesting that whole body vibration is an important risk factor for low back pain. Vibration also probably combines with other risk factors such as lifting, pushing, and pulling to increase the risk. This is important to the truck driver who loads or unloads the truck. Studies of the occupational environment reveal that many vehicles subject the worker to levels of vibration greater than that recommended by the ISO (1978).
