Product and interaction designers are important beneficiaries of ergonomics research. The availability of ergonomics data, guidelines, models, methods, techniques and case studies which could be used during the design process is immense. Despite this, a review of the literature suggests that these resources are not exploited or effectively implemented within the design process due to cultural d...

BACKGROUND The objectives of this paper are three folds. First, an integrated framework for designing and development of the integrated health, safety and environment (HSE) model is presented. Second, it is implemented and tested for a large gas refinery in Iran. Third, it is shown whether the total ergonomics model is superior to the conventional ergonomics approach. This study is among the fi...

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...

Progress toward improving patient safety has been slow despite engagement of the health care community in improvement efforts. A potential reason for this sluggish pace is the inadequate integration of human factors and ergonomics principles and methods in these efforts. Patient safety problems are complex and rarely caused by one factor or component of a work system. Thus, health care would be...

The International Ergonomics Association plays a leadership role in shaping the future of ergonomics. Having formed nearly 50 years ago for researchers to meet and exchange their findings, it still provides a wide range of opportunities for promoting research and teaching. In 2006, the IEA is also an outward looking organisation with linkages to governments, international agencies and other pro...

This study explored dimensions of relationship between ergonomics and quality in manufacturing context. Role of ergonomics in achieving freedom from error and employee motivation in manufacturing and implementation of ergonomics into quality systems were elaborated. Pertinent case studies were reviewed. Need for experimental analysis of the link between ergonomics and quality was emphasized.

The International Ergonomics Association defines ergonomics as: ‘the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance’. From a practical point of view, ergonomics is the science and ...

background: manual material handling is one of the major health and safety hazards in industry. this study aims to assess the lifting tasks, before and after intervention using niosh lifting equation and manual handling assessment charts (mac). methods: this interventional study was performed in 2011 in a tile manufacturing industry in hamadan, located in the west of iran. the prevalence of mus...

This literature review of exoskeleton design provides a brief history of exoskeleton development, discusses current research of exoskeletons with respect to the innate human-machine interface, and the incorporation of exoskeletons for ergonomic intervention, and offers a review of needed future work. Development of assistive exoskeletons began in the 1960’s but older designs lacked design for h...