Background: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are from among the most prevalent occupational health problems leading to high costs and reduced productivity in nurses. Therefore, the present study aimed at investigating musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in nurses and their correlation with demographic factors and awareness of ergonomics at the selected hospitals of Shahid Beheshti Un...

This article presents the description and discussion of a pilot project in an ergonomic action developed in a public health institution. This project involves the implantation of an Ergonomics Program (PROERGO) in a department of this institution, guided by a methodology structured on six stages, referenced in the literature by ergonomics authors. The methodology includes the training of worker...

Dr Hudson de Araujo Couto, MG, Brazil Prof. Thomas J. Armstrong, University of Michigan, USA Prof. Gunnar Borg, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden Dr Peter Buckle and Dr David A. Stubbs, Robens Institute, University of Surrey, UK Dr Alberto Colombi, PPG Industries, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA Dr Jan Dul, NIA-TNO, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands Dr Ruddy C. Facci, Curitiba, Brazi...

This paper gives an overview of the theory of participatory ergonomics interventions and summary examples from a range of industries, including health care, military, manufacturing, production and processing, services, construction and transport. The definition of participatory approaches includes interventions at macro (organizational, systems) levels as well as micro (individual), where worke...

In the subset of tasks deemed occupational, which can be rather inclusive depending on the definition, multiple sources of variability combine to complicate work task analyses and occupational design approaches, but are not always considered. Focusing on physical ergonomics, three major umbrella categories of occupational variability are: 1) variability in task performance – i.e. how a person p...

The author is a partner with the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He practices in the area of labor and employment law and has handled numerous matters involving ergonomics. In November 1999 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed an ambitious “ergonomics” rule that would regulate the pace of work in American businesses, the level of staffing, rest per...

BACKGROUND To describe the design of a population based randomized controlled trial (RCT), including a cost-effectiveness analysis, comparing participative ergonomics interventions between 2-8 weeks of sick leave and Graded Activity after 8 weeks of sick leave with usual care, in occupational back pain management. METHODS DESIGN An RCT and cost-effectiveness evaluation in employees sick-li...

The XIX International Symposium of Ergonomic, “Work Safety and Occupational Hygiene in Agriculture-Practical Problems Related with Work Protection in Agriculture” was held from 3-4 December 2012, at the Witold Chodźko Institute of Rural Health in Lublin, in which participated 89 researchers and practitioners from Poland and Ukraine. The Symposium was organized by the Institute of Rural Health i...

Ergonomics as a discipline was in the past, is in the present, and will be in the future, an integrating constituent in occupational safety and health (OSH). This statement is based on the self-conception of ergonomics and the level concept of human work. It is further supported by the results of about 120 interviews with German experts involved in research projects of the last 2 decades and th...