The aim of this paper is to highlight how ergonomics contributes to risk analysis and risk management in a design project for a new reactor, the French EPR (European Pressurized Reactor). An iterative ergonomics design process has been conducted over the last 10 years through a Human Factors Engineering program at the French energy company EDF. A parallel has been drawn between a risk managemen...

INTRODUCTION Consumer health IT applications have the potential to improve quality, safety and efficiency of consumers' interactions with the healthcare system. Yet little attention has been paid to human factors and ergonomics in the design of consumer health IT, potentially limiting the ability of health IT to achieve these goals. This paper presents the results of an analysis of human factor...

This paper focuses on the ergonomics evaluation of Medical Tablet Personal Computers (MTPCs). The research questions for the study were “What are the key ergonomics issues in the safe and effective use of a Medical Tablet PC” and “How can we evaluate new Medical Tablet PC concepts in the early stages of the design process”. The aims of the study were to develop an ergonomics checklist for the e...

This paper describes the increasing emphasis on ergonomics in the manufacturing plants of IBM. Since 1978, 250,000 engineering hours have been devoted to ergonomics training. As a result a systematic approach to ergonomics improvement of manufacturing facilities has been implemented. This involves an analysis of the production environment including equipment, processes, ambient factors and job ...

Ergonomists and many other professionals apply ergonomics principles to musculoskeletal health problems. This study examines whether there are differences when it comes to judgement expertise concerning upper limb disorders (ULDs) between ergonomists and those with less ergonomics training. The Cochran-Weiss-Shanteau (CWS) performance index combines judgement consistency with discrimination int...