Ergonomics assessment

The large cost of worker injury, in both social and economic terms, has motivated considerable research in the development of models that predict potentially injurious situations in the workplace. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (1999), 4 out of 10 injuries and illnesses resulting in time away from work in 1997 were sprains or strains. In the following sections, the key steps in a human modelings based ergonomic assessment are outlined. 

Once the geometry has been populated with the correct humans and these have been postured or animated to reflect the task, the host of ergonomic assessment tools discussed in Section 3 can be applied. 

Parsons, K. C. (1992), The Thermal Audit A Fundamental Stage in the Ergonomics Assessment of Thermal Environment, in Contemporary Ergonomics 1992, E. J. Lovesey, Ed., Taylor Francis, London, pp. 85-90. 

Rohmert, W., Luczak, H. (1973). ZurergonomischenBeurteilunginformatorischer Arbeit [Ergonomic assessment of mental v/oik]. Intemat. Zeitschrift fltr... 

Ergonomic Assessment Design Key to Reducing Back Injuries Author(s) Oakley JS/ SMITH SM... 

Because safety is the focus, and the team will be asked to observe and improve the work methods in order to attain their goal of 15 safety improvements, ergonomic assessment training is appropriate. Ergonomics seems to most like a mysterious scientific approach used to analyze work. Here is an overview sourced from Wikipedia that supports that thinking. 

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The complexity of people mearts that wearer trials remain the gold standard for ergonomic assessment however, they can be expensive to run and slow to provide repeatable data. This is good to finalise a new design, but not for the down-selection of candidate materials and garment constmctions. 

Jones, G. (2005). Human Load Carriage The Ergonomic Assessment and Development of Military Load Carriage Systems . PhD Thesis. Loughborough University, UK. 

The ergonomic review of a workstation must consider backup provisions and maintenance access and activities. This document is to be used as a trigger point in determining if an ergonomic assessment of a particular workstation is required. 

Corporations are feeing stricter regulations regarding the workplace environment. Safety and injury prevention are key to keeping productivity optimal. In a process called ergonomic assessment, equipment and workstations are biomechanicaUy assessed, and adjustments are made that will limit acute or chronic injuries. Employees also receive instruction on the proper procedures to foUow, such as lifting techniques. Industry procedures need to be in place and diligently followed to protect both employees and the company. 

The scope of ergonomics and an ergonomic assessment is very wide incorporating the foiiowing areas of study ... 

Caution with Ergonomic Assessment Tools and Solutions.195... 

OSHA has created the ergonomic assessment tool in Table 16.2 for video display terminal (VDT) workstations. This checklist is from the now-rescinded OSHA Ergonomics Safety Standard from 2000. Although the standard may not be currently in effect and enforced by OSHA, it still provides employers with a good... 

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Since most employers have an injury/illness reporting requirement, employees should have informed the company if they are having issues with wrist/back pain, at which point an ergonomics assessment could be performed. If employees are experiencing issues such as wrist pain, it may be better for the company (and the employee) to send the employee for an ergonomic medical evaluation, and make a determination whether there are problems or not. 

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For collecting data, it was defined two types of tools questionnaires and semi structured ergonomic assessment (risk assessment and evaluation of luminance). 

According to the results obtained in diagnosis phase and in order to develop a more specific ergonomic assessment, the RULA method was applied. This method allows to assess WRMSD risk, mainly for the upper limbs (McAtamney Corlett, 1993). RULA was applied to the 3 workers of the 3 workstations that constitute the Riveting machine . 

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