H1-2 Upbringing of active Lerner in ergonomics

Honoring Aaron Lerner

We are here today to celebrate a unique and distinguished man, Aaron B. Lerner. I have the privilege of opening these festivities by telling you something of Aaron, realizing full well that many of you know more about certain aspects of his life than I do, but relishing, nonetheless, this particular prerequisite of my position as dean. Aaron was born in 1920 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was th...

Occupational Ergonomics and Safety, Part 2.

Ergonomics– Rok 2011, Ročník 54 Číslo 2

Understanding why an individual acted in a certain way is of fundamental importance to the human factors community, especially when the choice of action results in an undesirable outcome. This challenge is typically tackled by applying retrospective interview techniques to generate models of what happened, recording deviations from a 'correct procedure'. While such approaches may have great uti...

Preventive and Pro-active Ergonomics Influence on Maintenance Excellence Level

The equipment maintenance is an indispensable function in a manufacturing enterprise [1]. The role of maintenance is to reduce business risks in a cost effective manner. Thus achieving excellence in maintenance issues has to be treated as a strategic issue for manufacturing organizations to create world-class-manufacturers (WCM) [2]. In the following papers, the examples of activities realized ...

Ergonomics– Rok 2014, Ročník 57 Číslo 2

The effect of office type on sickness absence among office employees was studied prospectively in 1852 employees working in (1) cell-offices; (2) shared-room offices; (3) small, (4) medium-sized and (5) large open-plan offices; (6) flex-offices and (7) combioffices. Sick leaves were self-reported two years later as number of (a) short and (b) long (medically certified) sick leave spells as well...