The common cold Workplace noise Slips, Trips, and Falls Repetitive Motion Injuries Manual Material Handling and Your Health Immediate effects on health Short-term effects of MMH are accidental injury and fatigue.
Accidental injury includes wounds and bruises from falling and colliding with objects.
Fatigue causes discomfort, and its effects accrue over time, causing fatigue to decrease workers' response time making them more likely have accidents. Further, fatigue contributes to serious injuries that worsen progressively. These injuries can develop into long-term health problems. Back injury can occur from a single incident, such as a fall. More common for MMH workers is injury resulting from repetitive motions and stain.