An approach for quick assessment of the exposure to ergonomic risks on computer-aided office workplaces in a company is developed. It includes a checklist considering the following ergonomic dimensions: work organization, displays, input devices, furniture, work space, environment, software and health hazards. By the checklist, data on workplace exposure to ergonomic risk factors are collected....

This paper reviews the role and importance of small-scale industries together with the issue of occupational health problems and their causes in Iranian hand-woven carpet industry as a typical informal small-scale industry in an industrially developing country. The objective of this paper is to review health risk factors and related occupational health and ergonomic problems in the carpet indus...

An approach for ergonomic evaluation of hospital service quality (EQUALHI) is proposed. It is based on a checklist tool using a neural networks-based evaluation model. This approach enables the determination of the most important ergonomic criteria and the generation of recommendations for improving the hospital service quality. EQUALHI is illustrated and validated by a study in 50 smalland med...

background: musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are one of the most common causes of occupational injuries that appear mainly in back, neck and upper limb. this study was conducted with the objectives of determination of prevalence rate of msds among workers of a generator manufacturing company and ergonomics assessment of working conditions. methods: in this study, 319 workers randomly selected p...

The Ergonomic tridimensional analysis (ETdA) was developed to be used as an auxiliary tool on the ergonomic intervention. It was specially designed for commercial areas with free circulation of people. Due to that, the client, the third ETdA dimension, becomes an important element and their opinions relevant in the ergonomic analysis. The remains two ETdA dimensions, professionals and analyst, ...

BACKGROUND The purpose was to study the test-retest reliability and internal consistency of questions in a questionnaire concerning working conditions and health and the inter-rater reliability of observations and measurements according to an ergonomic checklist. METHOD Fifty-seven operators participated in a retest questionnaire and 58 operators participated in an inter-observer test. RESU...

BACKGROUND Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are responsible for important amount of declining productivity among workers. Its economic impact is considered important because, in some aspects, such as sickness absence, it can cause increase in costs for employers. This paper aimed at identifying whether the activities that the hotel maids perform during working hours may lead to the develo...

A one-page checklist for determining the presence of ergonomic risk factors associated with awkward postures of the lower extremities, trunk and neck was developed and evaluated as part of a joint labor-management ergonomics intervention program. This checklist was used by plant personnel at four work sites to assess the postural requirements on 335 cyclical (i.e., work-cycle duration less than...

The database system EKIDES (Ergonomics Knowledge and Intelligent Design System) assists designers of technical systems, equipment, products and workplaces to meet ergonomic requirements for all system components and their interactions during the planning, development and subsequent design and blueprint processes. EKIDES is a design tool in form of an electronic reference system and an evaluatio...