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- Baltrenas, P., et al.
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Characteristics of the Workforce and Activity Optimization in the Building Industries of Lithuania
- 1996
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Ingår i: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1080-3548 .- 2376-9130. ; 2:1, s. 41-46
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The evaluation of human individual characteristics is very important for any ergotechnical system optimization, especially in occupational safety. Investigations were carried out for this purpose. An important classification of ergonomic characteristics for construction workers was prepared. The importance and relevance of the choice of those characteristics as well as their application are presented in the article.
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- Bao, Shihan, et al.
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Interactive effect of ergonomics and production engineering on shoulder-neck exposure — A case study of assembly work in China and Sweden
- 1997
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Ingår i: International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. - 0169-8141 .- 1872-8219. ; 20:1, s. 75-85
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Ergonomic improvements of work station design have been widely embraced as a measure for reduction of physical work load (mechanical exposure) and prevention or control of occupational shoulder-neck disorders. However, other elements of work rationalization, more in the hands of production engineers, may also influence the mechanical exposure. The present study concerns shoulder-neck exposure in a Chinese and a Swedish assembly line workplace. Interactive effects of ergonomic work station design, and production engineering (in terms of assembly line balancing and sensitivity of assembly line layout to production irregularities) on shoulder-neck exposure have been studied. It was shown that the Swedish workplace has a better ergonomic work station design, reflected in more favorable work postures during assembly operations. At the same time, the Swedish assembly line is better balanced and less sensitive to production irregularities, which probably reduces the total duration of idle time during assembly compared with the Chinese line. On the Swedish assembly line, arm movements are more frequent, and trapezius and infraspinatus muscle activation is more repetitive. Muscle activation levels are similar on the two lines. However, a larger proportion of low level muscle activities were found on the Chinese line compared with the Swedish line. On the basis of these results, it is suggested that the mechanical exposure of the assembly workers is a result of counteracting effects of improved ergonomic design of work stations and more effective production engineering.
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- Johansson, Annika, et al.
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A method to consider ergonomic conditions at VDT workplaces
- 1995
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. - Amsterdam : Elsevier. - 444817956 ; , s. 749-755
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 1989, an international project was initiated known as MEPS (Musculoskeletal, Visual, and Psychosocial Stress in VDT Operators in Optimised Environment). The aim of the MEPS project was to minimise stress amongst VDT operators by creating optimum working conditions through intervention measures at individual workstations. Professionals representing different disciplines were involved in this study to investigate possible factors causing musculoskeletal complaints, visual discomfort and psychosocial stress among VDT users. This paper describes the ergonomic part of the study including the methods that were developed and used to examine prevailing working conditions and how the data was analysed.
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