Title:
Advances in physical ergonomics and safety
Series:
Advances in human factors and ergonomics series
Physical Description:
xiv, 593 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781439870389
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Summary
Summary
Based on recent research, this book discusses physical ergonomics, which is concerned with human anatomical, anthropometric, physiological and biomechanical characteristics as they relate to physical activity. Topics include working postures, materials handling, repetitive movements, work-related musculoskeletal disorders, workplace layout, safety, and health.
Author Notes
Tareq Z. Ahram, Waldemar Karwowski
Table of Contents
Section I Safety and Health | |
1 Decision support in safety management | p. 3 |
2 Ergonomic evaluation of scaffolding task interventions for power plant maintenance | p. 11 |
3 Development of prototype system on workers' awareness information assessment for safety management in petroleum facilities | p. 21 |
4 Performance of new raters using an observational physical ergonomic risk assessment instrument | p. 31 |
5 Pragmatic measures to vitalize railroad-station-service employees' activities that can reinforce customers' safety and comfort | p. 40 |
6 Human reliability of chemicals trucks filling process | p. 50 |
7 An improvement of staffs' motivation/satisfaction for safety activities in a railroad operation department | p. 53 |
8 New forms of education as part of effective management of occupational safety and health at work | p. 63 |
9 BBS program (behavior based safety)- Way to raising the level of health and safety in practice | p. 70 |
10 Using fuzzy set theory to model resilience in safe-critical organizations | p. 78 |
11 Identification of high risk patients for colonoscopy surveillance from EMR text | p. 88 |
12 The effects of repetitive lifting on heart rate responses and perceived exertion in a young and middle-aged population | p. 96 |
Section II Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders | |
13 In vivo investigation of the effects of force and posture on carpal tunnel pressure | p. 107 |
14 Analysis and evaluation of muscular strain while working with large scale touchscreens | p. 112 |
15 Shoulder muscle loading during repetitive reaching task among younger and older adults | p. 122 |
16 Whole-body vibration when operating mobile machinery | p. 130 |
17 An assessment of manual material handling and postural stress among the warehouse workers | p. 140 |
18 Effects of different inclination angles on biomechanical loading of the shoulder and hand while pushing construction carts | p. 150 |
19 Effects of restrictive clothing on lumbar range of motion in adolescent workers | p. 158 |
20 Investigations on eye movement activities in the manually controlled rendezvous and docking of space vehicles | p. 168 |
21 Upper limb strength expression during work simulated tasks in a cohort of black African males | p. 176 |
22 A work-rest allowance model based individual fatigue and recovery attributes | p. 186 |
23 Evaluation and prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Hungary | p. 195 |
24 The analysis of complexload of machine production workers | p. 203 |
25 A design proposal of confirmation/check task to ensure workers' active will | p. 213 |
26 Enhancement of workers' capability to analyze the latent factors in troubles | p. 223 |
27 Effects of vibration exposure on action judgment: A field test for professional drivers | p. 233 |
28 An investigation into blood pressure of blue collar workers of casting and forging SMEs: A study in India | p. 241 |
29 Ergonomics and quality interventions in woodworking technological processes for lightening the workload | p. 250 |
Section III Ergonomics and System Design | |
30 Design standards and layout methods of multi-information visual interface based on eye movement of flight simulator | p. 261 |
31 A study of universal design principles assessment | p. 271 |
32 Hand/handle interface affects bi-manual pushing strength | p. 279 |
33 Research on evaluation and optimization design method of product sensory quality | p. 280 |
34 Geometric dimension model of virtual human for ergonomic analysis of man-machine system | p. 290 |
35 Influence of interface compatibility on the spacecraft tracing performance in vibration environment | p. 301 |
36 Design and evaluation of a standing platform for reducing the physical strains faced by workers on guyed telecommunication towers | p. 311 |
37 An analysis of grip design for manual hammer stapling tool | p. 322 |
38 Space operation system based on human-in-the-loop | p. 332 |
39 Transformation between different local coordinate systems of scapula | p. 342 |
40 The system of coordinating security for the construction of nuclear power | p. 346 |
41 Performance assessment and optimization of HSE management systems with human error and ambiguity by an integrated fuzzy multivariate approach in a large conventional power plant manufacturer | p. 354 |
42 The analysis on force of door operation of applying universal design and the mechanism design of measurement device | p. 364 |
43 Ergonomic design of classroom furniture for elementary schools | p. 376 |
44 Materialization of the storage halls lighting | p. 386 |
45 Nail clipper design for elderly population | p. 396 |
46 An adjustable assistive chair design for older people | p. 403 |
47 A comparative study of static balance before and after a simulated firefighting drill in career and volunteer Italian firefighters | p. 410 |
Section IV Ergonomic Methods and Task Analysis | |
48 Prediction of drowsiness using multivariate analysis of biological information and driving performance | p. 423 |
49 Development of measurement method of individual hazard perception | p. 433 |
50 The evaluation of heat transfer using the foot manikin | p. 442 |
51 A Bayesian based model application to the prediction of task accuracy - Case study on call center's agents dialog | p. 452 |
52 Study on the control rules of X-axis relative speed of chase spacecraft during the manual control rendezvous and docking | p. 462 |
53 Ergonomic work analysis applied to maintenance activities at a pilot plant of oil and gas industry | p. 472 |
54 Fuzzy Bayesian based classification of call center agent activity | p. 478 |
55 Testing of chosen Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as per standard STN EN ISO 15025:2003 | p. 488 |
56 Occupational medical service in practice | p. 496 |
57 Head and facial anthropometry of young Chinese male aged 18-35 years old | p. 502 |
58 The suitable sampling duration for performing consecutive maximum voluntary contraction gripping exertions without fatigue | p. 509 |
59 Basic study on automotive warning presentation to front/rear hazard by vibrotactile stimulation | p. 519 |
60 Characterization of the hand bike sport gesture: A quantitative kinematic analysis and an ergonomic assessment of different vehicle adjustments | p. 530 |
61 Parameters in phases of causal dependency in the occurrence of negative phenomena | p. 540 |
62 Determination of muscles fatigue for production packers and sawing machine operators in furniture enterprise using myotonometry | p. 550 |
63 Heart rate monitoring - physical load objective evaluation method for nurses and assistants of nurses | p. 559 |
64 Ergonomic analysis of rice field plowing | p. 565 |
65 Automatic landmark identification from three dimensional (3D) human body data using geometric characteristics | p. 575 |
66 Evaluation of office chairs by measuring the seat pressure variations in daily office work | p. 585 |
Index of Authors | p. 591 |