scholarly journals Ergonomics and Efficiency in a New Attempt to Model Work Processes

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 645-656
Author(s):  
Patrycja Kabiesz ◽  
Joanna Bartnicka
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Work Process ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Operational Activities ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Production Company ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe article presents the relationships between ergonomics and the effectiveness of work processes. A new thematic framework has been developed to evaluate the engineering design of work processes in conjunction with the effectiveness and ergonomics of workplaces. The model presented in the paper takes into account ergonomic factors that have a direct impact on shaping working environment in which a person is located and improving their efficiency. The model was validated in real conditions in the production company. The subject of the research was the work process existing in the plant producing food paper packaging. The main method used to assess working conditions was observation and qualitative and quantitative assessment of operational activities based on video recording. Detailed human actions were analyzed in terms of ergonomic factors to prove the relationship between ergonomics and efficiency. In addition, new technical solutions have been proposed that improve working conditions and the efficiency of the entire work process.

scholarly journals The Role of the Polish Interdepartmental Commission for the Maximum Admissible Concentrations and Intensities for Agents Harmful to Health in the Working Environment in the Development of Safe Working Conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Skowron J ◽  
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Zapór L ◽  
Miranowicz-Dzierzawska K ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Maximum Admissible Concentration ◽  
Management Measures ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Interdepartmental Commission ◽  
Safe Working

The article discusses the principles of determining the maximum admissible concentration and intensity values for harmful agents present at workplaces as the basic criteria for ensuring safe and hygienic working conditions in Poland and in the European Union. The role of the Interdepartmental Commission for the Maximum Admissible Concentrations and Intensities of Agents Harmful to Health in the Working Environment is presented in this process. The attention was drawn to the relationship between the occupational health and safety legislation and the EC regulations on chemicals, which together provide both employers and the Member States with the necessary data and instruments to work safely with chemicals and to be able to take appropriate actions and risk management measures.

scholarly journals Associations between working environment and weight control efforts among workers with obesity in Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 2307-2316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hye Sun Hyun ◽  
Yunyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Weight Control ◽  
Workplace Health Promotion ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Multivariable Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Regular Employment ◽  
Individual Variables ◽  
The Relationship

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between working environment and weight control efforts among obese workers in Korea. Methods This study was based on the 2011 3rd Korean Working Conditions Survey, which was conducted on workers aged 15 years or older. A sample of 484 obese workers was included in the study. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the relationship between working environment and weight control efforts after controlling for individual variables. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Results Of the participants, 63.4% reported that they made efforts to control their weight. After controlling for personal factors, the OR of weight control efforts for individuals working 40–49 hours per week was 2.4 times that for individuals working 60 hours or more per week. The OR of regular employment workers was 2.2 times that of non-regular workers. Conclusion We established that working hours and employment type were significantly related to weight control efforts. Therefore, we recommend that working conditions should be considered in designing effective workplace health promotion programs.

scholarly journals Evaluation of diagnostic thresholds dependability for tribologic signals received in the environment disturbed by vibroacoustic and functional signals

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-32
Author(s):  
Paweł Lindstedt ◽  
Marek Zboiński ◽  
Maciej Deliś ◽  
Jerzy Manerowski
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Operation Time ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Cauchy Product ◽  
Diagnostic Thresholds ◽  
Diagnostic Threshold ◽  
Complete Set ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insufficient Number

Abstract Determination of dependable diagnostic thresholds for tribologic signals received e.g. from antifriction bearings (in particular for insufficient number of measurements, only 4÷5) is a really difficult task due to complexity of working environment where such bearings are operated. Typical working environment for such objects must take account for operation time under various working conditions and accompanying (and disturbing) signals, e.g. vibroacoustic ones. The sought assessment of the relationship between diagnostic signals and environmental noise can be determined from convolution of both diagnostic and environments signals that make up the complete set of received information. The convolution of these two series of signals can be obtained from an algorithm based on the Cauchy product. Then one has to find the coherence factor and the square of amplitude gain for the set of diagnostic signals with reference to various sets of signals received from environment, which makes it possible to evaluate cohesion of the investigated series of signals, thus their suitability to determine diagnostic threshold for tribologic signals intended for the analysis.

scholarly journals Técnicos de enfermagem: condições laborais e acidentes em hospital escola

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katia Maria Rosa Vieira ◽  
Francisco Ubaldo Vieira Junior ◽  
Zélia Zilda Lourenço de Camargo Bittencourt
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Biological Material ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Occupational Risks

Objetivo: analisar as condições de trabalho percebidas por técnicos de Enfermagem e sua relação com acidentes envolvendo material biológico. Método: trata-se de um estudo misto, descritivo, transversal, realizado em um hospital público. Elencaram-se 275 profissionais que responderam a um questionário com perguntas relacionadas ao número de acidentes, percepção das condições de trabalho e sugestões para minimizá-los. Detalha-se que a pesquisa foi do tipo probabilística aleatória simples, com distribuição proporcional nas unidades e turnos de trabalho e os resultados apresentados a partir de relatos e tabelas. Resultados: declarou-se, por 210 técnicos, ter sofrido acidente de trabalho. Revela-se que as variáveis ritmo de trabalho estressante, monotonia e influência do trabalho na saúde tiveram significância estatística, e o uso de equipamentos de proteção individual e diminuição da sobrecarga foram as medidas mais indicadas pelos respondentes. Conclusão: indicou-se, pela análise, relação positiva entre sobrecarga de trabalho e acidentes com material biológico. Percebe-se que, apesar de a instituição disponibilizar equipamentos de proteção individual aos trabalhadores, há forte indício do não uso ou uso parcial. Podem-se subsidiar, pelo instrumento utilizado nesta pesquisa, ações gerenciais para readequações dos processos de trabalho. Descritores: Riscos Ocupacionais; Acidentes de Trabalho; Hospitais Públicos; Ambiente de Trabalho; Condições de Trabalho; Enfermagem.   ABSTRACTObjective: to analyze the working conditions perceived by nursing technicians and their relationship with accidents involving biological material. Method: this is a mixed, descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted in a public hospital. 275 professionals answered a questionnaire with questions related to the number of accidents, perception of working conditions and suggestions to minimize them. It is noted that the research was of simple random probability type, with proportional distribution in units and work shifts and the results presented from reports and tables. Results: 210 technicians claimed to have suffered an accident at work. It is revealed that the variables stressful work rhythm, monotony and influence of work on health were statistically significant, and the use of personal protective equipment and decreased overload were the measures most indicated by respondents. Conclusion: the analysis indicated a positive relationship between work overload and accidents with biological material. Although the institution makes personal protective equipment available to workers, there is strong evidence of non-use or partial use. It can be subsidized, by the instrument used in this research, managerial actions to readjust the work processes. Descriptors: Occupational Risks; Occupational Acidentes; Public Hospitals; Workplace; Working Environment; Nursing.  RESUMENObjetivo: analizar las condiciones de trabajo percibidas por los técnicos de Enfermería y su relación con los accidentes que involucran material biológico. Método: este es un estudio mixto, descriptivo, transversal realizado en un hospital público. Fueron listados 275 profesionales respondieron un cuestionario con preguntas relacionadas con el número de accidentes, la percepción de las condiciones de trabajo y sugerencias para minimizarlos. Se observa que la investigación fue de tipo de probabilidad aleatoria simple, con distribución proporcional en unidades y turnos de trabajo y los resultados presentados a partir de relatos y tablas. Resultados: 210 técnicos afirmaron haber sufrido un accidente en el trabajo. Se revela que las variables ritmo de trabajo estresante, monotonía e influencia del trabajo en la salud fueron estadísticamente significativas, y el uso de equipo de protección personal y la disminución de la sobrecarga fueron las medidas más indicadas por los encuestados. Conclusión: el análisis indicó una relación positiva entre sobrecarga de trabajo y accidentes con material biológico. Si bien la institución pone a disposición de los trabajadores equipos de protección personal, existe una fuerte evidencia de falta de uso o uso parcial. Puede ser subsidiado, por el instrumento utilizado en esta investigación, acciones de gestión para reajustes de los procesos de trabajo. Descriptores: Riesgos Laborales; Accidentes de Trabajo; Hospitales Públicos; Ambiente de Trabajo; Condiciones de Trabajo; Enfermería.

scholarly journals Threats in the Workplace as a Determinant of Shaping the Employee’s Ability to Work

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 875-885
Author(s):  
Marzena Pytel-Kopczyńska ◽  
Agnieszka Strzelecka ◽  
Alena Daňková
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Current Research Problem ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Work Process ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Early Leave

AbstractThe results of a literature review show that there is an undeniable link between the working conditions connected with the existence of threats in a form of harmful, dangerous (mechanical) or strenuous factors and the employees’ health condition determining the level of their ability to continue their work. It is necessary to shape the employee’s working environment in an appropriate way by eliminating or minimising the threats related to the work process (in accordance with the binding norms) in order to prevent the existence of any health problems or such undesirable events as accidents at work.Thus, the issue concerning the influence of elimination or limitation of threats connected with the existence of harmful, dangerous (mechanical) and strenuous factors in the work process on the level of employment in the hazardous conditions considering the prevention of early leave from the performed work is becoming an important and current research problem. Therefore, in this article, the attempt was made to present the dependencies between the level of considered employment and the factors affecting the level of acceptable occupational risk. The econometric modelling, which uses cross-section-time data, was applied. Moreover, the analysis showing the changes in shaping considered variables was performed. The presented information refers to Polish regions and was taken from the publications of CSO (Statistics Poland) covering the period 2011 - 2017.

scholarly journals Standardization of human activities as the component of a workflow efficiency model – a research experiment from a meat producing plant

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Bartnicka ◽  
Patrycja Kabiesz ◽  
Jan Kaźmierczak
Keyword(s):  
Human Activities ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Process Efficiency ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Workflow Efficiency ◽  
Research Experiment ◽  
Operational Activities ◽  
Human Activity Patterns ◽  
Main Components

AbstractThe aim of the following research it to provide assumptions for creating workflow efficiency model that can be implemented in repeatable production workstations. One of the main components of this model are human activities and their interactions with other elements of working environment: human and artefacts. Recognition of patterns of human behaviours within working processes gives the opportunity to find critical points that influence workflow efficiency.The subject of research is a working process existing in meat producing plant. The main method used for recognizing human activity patterns was observation and qualitative and quantitative assessments of operational activities based on video registration. Particularly, human activities were analyzed under ergonomics criteria in order to proof dependencies between process efficiency and specific ergonomic factors forming working conditions at meat plant.

scholarly journals WORKING CONDITIONS, HEALTH STATUS AND OCCUPATIONAL RISK OF EMPLOYEES OF THERMAL POWER PLANTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (7) ◽  
pp. 766-770
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Pankov ◽  
M. V. Kuleshova
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Chemical Substance ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Thermal Power Plants ◽  
Work Process ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
Lighting Conditions

Assessment of working conditions of employees in key occupations in Thermal Power plants (TP) was carried out. Working environment factors (noise, general vibration, harmful chemicals, microclimatic and lighting conditions) were measured and evaluated at workplaces. The analysis of occupational and general morbidity and assessment of occupational risks was performed in the study. At workplaces there were high noises levels exceeding the maximum permissible level in some cases by 12-16 dBA; the levels of occupational co-factors - general vibration, microclimate and lighting conditions, and chemical substance concentrations - match hygiene standards. The work process severity matches the third (harmful) class of the first and second degree, and the intensity of workload - the second (permissible) class. In terms of the hazard rate, severity and intensity of work process working conditions of employees in key occupations of the PT were established to fit the harmful class, and the noise is the leading affecting factor. Exceeding the permissible levels of occupational factors promotes the development of occupational diseases. An analysis of the dynamics of occupational morbidity in the production, transmission, and distribution of energy has shown a trend to have been towards its growth in the last decade. It has been established an extension of disease of the musculoskeletal, endocrine, and circulatory systems, the eye and adnexa, digestive organs, and respiratory organs among the employees in key occupations of TP. Calculations of relative risk indicate an almost complete production conditionality of the diseases of the musculoskeletal, nervous and endocrine systems in workers engaged in TP. Prevention of occupational and work-related morbidity should include, among other things, the assessment of occupational risks with the creation and implementation of a monitoring system for the dynamics of working conditions and the health status of workers.

Evaluation of a profile comparison system for the inclusion of people with disabilities in horticulture: A case study in Austria

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 483-490
Author(s):  
Sophie Kathrin Schaffernicht ◽  
Karl Moder ◽  
Elisabeth Quendler
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Work Process ◽  
Skilled Worker ◽  
Comparison System ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Corporate Development ◽  
Horticultural Practice

BACKGROUND: To promote the successful and sustainable inclusion of people with disabilities in different activities such as work, more precise job matching efforts may be of value, especially because people with disabilities are employed at a lower rate than people without disabilities. Requirement profiles as well as profile comparisons have not yet been recorded for horticultural work processes. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to document precisely the work process of the cuttings production of the flower tradescantia and to compare the capabilities of people with disabilities with the requirements for this work process for the purpose of verifying that the tool employed was usable. METHODS: A skilled worker performed the cuttings production of tradescantias according to good horticultural practice. Additionally, five people with disabilities participated in this study. On the one hand, a structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. On the other hand, the work processes were documented with video recordings and described related to REFA (Association for Work Design, Business Organization and Corporate Development) and evaluated according to IMBA (Integration of People with Disabilities into the Working Environment). RESULTS: Apart from the too long working hours, the work in the cuttings production was feasible for the five subjects who had different types of disabilities. There were situations of underchallenges of different degrees, but no overchallenges. It was necessary to assess each subject individually for the risk of accident. CONCLUSIONS: IMBA proved to be an effective tool to evaluate and analyse work activities for the purpose of including people with disabilities into horticultural work processes. Thus, it has the potential to facilitate a socially sustainable and skill-oriented work participation for persons with disabilities.

Which conditions foster high-involvement work processes? A synthesis of the literature and agenda for research

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Boxall ◽  
Jonathan Winterton
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Work Process ◽  
High Involvement ◽  
Worker Perceptions

High-involvement models of working are associated with high levels of worker influence over the work process, identified through worker perceptions of their jobs and working environment. This article reviews what is known about the conditions that foster the adoption of such models. Drawing on studies of worker participation in management since the 1950s, the article seeks to understand what explains the dispersion of high-involvement work processes in the private sector. In terms of understanding the potential for worker involvement in decision-making, the article argues that it is important to analyse the way in which managers develop production systems in firms. A range of conditions in manufacturing and in services are then discussed. While economic incentives are critical, the ongoing existence of societal differences, including a pronounced ‘Nordic effect’, suggests that economically unattractive environments do not necessarily lack opportunities to enhance worker well-being through greater involvement.

The Relationship between Working Environment and Internship Satisfaction Level: A Case Study Of A 4-Star Hotel Restaurant In Germany

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 276-291
Author(s):  
Chatarina Natalia Putri
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
Supervisory Support ◽  
Support Organization ◽  
The Relationship

There are many factors that can lead to internship satisfaction. Working environment is one of the factors that will result to such outcome. However, many organizations discarded the fact of its importance. The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a significant relationship between working environment and internship satisfaction level as well as to determine whether the dimensions of working environment significantly affect internship satisfaction. The said dimensions are, learning opportunities, supervisory support, career development opportunities, co-workers support, organization satisfaction, working hours and esteem needs. A total of 111 questionnaires were distributed to the respondents and were processed by SPSS program to obtain the result of this study. The results reveal that learning opportunities, career development opportunities, organization satisfaction and esteem needs are factors that contribute to internship satisfaction level. In the other hand, supervisory support, co-workers support and working hours are factors that lead to internship dissatisfaction. The result also shows that organization satisfaction is the strongest factor that affects internship satisfaction while co-workers support is the weakest.

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