Ergonomic Work Analysis applied to Water Treatment Plants: integrating knowledge//and Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 4th Edition. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42nd Annual In G. Salvendy (Ed.), Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics (4th Edition), pp. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 10/2012, 56(1):2011-2015. DOI: 10.1...

This was a cross-sectional study based on surveys conducted in 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007 and 2009 by Statistics Sweden (SCB) representing the Swedish work force. Data concerning working environment was collected by phone interview and questionnaire. The response rate for the phone interview was 88% (12546 employed persons) and for questionnaire there was a 69% response rate (9798 employed persons)...

background: in addition to individual problems and conditions, low back pain reduces working capacity, resulting in the waste of time and absence from the work, and increases healthcare costs and economic losses. this study aimed to determine the prevalence rate of low back pain and its relationship to demographic factors, body mass index, and education in ergonomic principles in rural men.   m...

This paper gives an overview of a participatory ergonomic intervention aimed at reducing low back pain cases in the dispatch department of a catalogue and e-commerce retail company. Based on the findings of the ergonomic analysis and design committee, the company's own employees redesigned the assembly line's layout. As a result of these changes two job tasks that involved manual material handl...

This article presents information about the development of the dissertation. Deals with the production of ergonomic diagnosis in the environments and work processes of an important center of research and development in Public Health, FIOCRUZ. Critically evaluates the performance of a team promoting and facilitating the process of implementing ergonomic changes suggested. Through analysis of doc...

background prevalence of low back pain (lbp) and neck pain (np) in workers, especially in nurses is high, but their knowledge of ergonomics is not enough. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of ergonomic training on low back pain and neck pain, posture, and function in female hospital personnel of najaf-abad, iran. patients and methods in this queasy experimental study, ...

Management of Tata Steel, the largest steel making company of India in the private sector, felt the need to develop a framework to determine the levels of ergonomic performance at its different workplaces. The objectives of the study are manifold: to identify and characterize the ergonomic variables for a given worksystem with regard to work efficiency, operator safety, and working conditions, ...

BACKGROUND Our aim was to identify gaps and limitations in the current literature and to make recommendations for future research required to address these. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed occupational exposures and related factors associated with the risk of prostate cancer between 2000 and 2012. These included chemical, ergonomic, physical or environmental, and psychosocial factors which ...

The Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) and associated risk factors for shocker manufacturing industries in Haryana were carried out. A comparison of CTS and other upper hand extremities amongst traditional and semi-ergonomic shocker manufacturing workers in actual industrial environment has been analysed through questionnaire and physical tests. Fisher’s exact test and ‘t’ test are used for statistic...