occupational health promotion throughout an interventional ergonomic design (case study: an ergonomic cart design at a food manufacturing company in iran)

occupational health promotion throughout an interventional ergonomic design (case study: ergonomic cart design at a food manufacturing company in iran)

original article   health, safety and environment management has a vast area in which ergonomics aspects is known as one of the related aspects. in this case study the occupational hygiene by ergonomic intervention was focused. one of the prevalence activities among industrial sectors' worker in the developing countries is manual lifting tasks and other related physical activities which are imp...

The Goldtouch Ergonomic Mouse An Overview of Design How the Mouse Design Provides Optimal Ergonomic Benefits

Study of work postures and ergonomic interventions at the Pvc Pipe Fittings Manufacturing Company

Introduction: Musculoskeletal disorders are prevalent in work environments. Performing programs to identify and control the risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders and to carry out corrective actions to improve working conditions is important because of the impact on the health of the workforce.Methods: In this study, the presence of various shifts in the operating rooms and the training and...

The ergonomic process of an automotive company in Brazil: a study case.

The goal of this paper is to present the ergonomic process of an automotive company, whose focus is on the adaptation of the work conditions to the psychophysiological characteristics of its employees. The planning and the development of the ergonomic actions took place in three distinctive stages: ergonomic analysis of the work post (stage 1), ergonomic adaptations (stage 2) and Ergonomic Comm...

Interdisciplinary development of an ergonomic prone mobility cart.

Pressure ulcers remain a major source of morbidity and mortality in Veterans with neurologic impairment. Management of pressure ulcers typically involves pressure relief over skin regions containing wounds, but this can lead to loss of mobility and independence when the wounds are located in regions that receive pressure during sitting. An innovative, iterative design process was undertaken to ...

Ergonomic initiatives at Inmetro: measuring occupational health and safety.

This work studies biomechanical hazards to which the workforce of Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia Industrial (Inmetro) is exposed. It suggests a model for ergonomic evaluation of work, based on the concepts of resilience engineering which take into consideration the institute's ability to manage risk and deal with its consequences. Methodology includes the stages of ide...