Currently, there is still hard work going on, but the income not adequate. Therefore, it necessary to show scientifically that working does need be tired, with an ergonomic system, productivity increases.
 This paper made from various books or literature and analyzed discussed descriptively.
 Conclusion: first, at work, tool must made, so enough use body energy of 5.0 kcal/hour 5.2 kc...

The growing concern for the welfare of workers in the work environment, the importance of widespread use of ergonomics in the different sectors of industry. Yet most corporate practices that work with rudimentary or great need for human handling of materials is not fully in line with the ergonomic aspects. Given this, this article aims to identify ergonomic hazards in mining to later propose im...

This article is the result of a case study of ergonomic work analysis carried out in a Brazilian airline company, focused on the safety of the activity of Airbus pilots from the company's national lines. The study was divided in three parts, each one with different approach. First step is how critical situations such as accidents and incidents are dealt with during flight. Then it comes to disc...

With the increasing of computer capabilities, Computer aided ergonomics (CAE) offers new possibilities to integrate conventional ergonomic knowledge and to develop new methods into the work design process. As mentioned in [1], different approaches have been developed to enhance the efficiency of the ergonomic evaluation. Ergonomic expert systems, ergonomic oriented information systems, numerica...

The goal of this study was to comprehensively identify ergonomic constraints among nursing workers in two public hospitals in Brazil. We used a qualitative research design and conducted interviews, field observation and performed a subjective questionnaire with nurses of emergency care sectors. The Cronbach α technique was used to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire. Based o...

The tofu industrial production process has not implemented Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) properly there is an OHS risk. Insufficient air circulation, noise from boiler engines, non-ergonomic posture of workers, using PPE while working can potentially cause work accidents. purpose this study was to assess the risk HIRARC method in process. This type research descriptive occupational safet...

The main objective of this research was to identify factors that affected worker productivity, occupational health and safety in selected industries in a developing country. Fifty production managers participated in the study. Fifty-four percent of the managers reported hot environmental conditions, 28% a noisy environment, and 26% a lack of resources and facilities. Managers received worker co...