A Proposed Method for Improving Ergonomic Risk in Maintenance Jobs

Mapping Intimacies ◽

10.47461/isoes.2021_007 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ted DesMarais

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Physical Nature ◽

General View ◽

Planning Tool ◽

Job Descriptions ◽

Physical Demands ◽

Job Requirements ◽

Industrial Setting ◽

Ergonomic Risk Factors ◽

Ergonomic Risk

In today’s industrial setting, maintenance employees are expected to perform a wide variety of tasks. Maintenance functions change all the time and have a wide variety of physical requirements. Job descriptions and Physical Demands Analyses (PDAs) can describe and provide a general view of the physical nature of the job, but typically do not focus on the myriad of detailed physical job requirements required by maintenance employees. This paper describes a method to fill in the gaps of ergonomic risk factors that may not be detailed in the PDA and provide a job planning tool to anticipate and reduce MSD type risk factors in maintenance jobs or tasks.

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Ergonomic risk factors for the development of disorders of the musculoskeletal system in adolescents

Sanitarnyj vrač (Sanitary Inspector) ◽

10.33920/med-08-2011-04 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 37-46

Author(s):

Tamara Anatol'evna Novikova ◽

Vladimir Nikolaevich Dolich ◽

Nanaliya Evgen'evna Komleva ◽

Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Medentsov ◽

Anatoliy Nikolaevich Mikerov

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Musculoskeletal System ◽

Clinical Signs ◽

Educational Process ◽

Teaching Aids ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Electronic Computers ◽

Ergonomic Risk Factors ◽

Ergonomic Risk

Prevention of health disorders and sexual development of society is a priority area of hygiene and preventive medicine. The introduction of information and communication technologies into the educational process is a new risk factor for the development of disorders of the musculoskeletal system in adolescents. Purpose of the study: assessment of ergonomic risk factors for the development of disorders of the musculoskeletal system in adolescents using personal electronic computers as teaching aids. Objects of research: sanitary-hygienic and ergonomic factors of learning conditions with the use of personal computers and the state of the musculoskeletal system of college students. Research in accordance with the requirements of bioethics, after signing the informed consent and their parents. The hygienic factors of the learning environment and the ergonomic characteristics of furniture (tables, work chairs) in computer science classes of the Saratov college were studied. Their assessment is given for compliance with sanitary and epidemiological requirements and anthropometric indicators of students. A questionnaire survey and physical examination of 308 adolescents were carried out to identify complaints and assess the condition of the musculoskeletal system. It has been established that the organization and ergonomic characteristics of workplaces equipped with electronic computers fully comply with hygienic and ergonomic requirements. This is the cause of postural disorders and the development of disorders of the condition of the musculoskeletal system of students. A high prevalence of clinical signs of disorders of the musculoskeletal system among adolescents was revealed. It has been established that compliance with ergonomic requirements in the organization of workplaces when using personal electronic computers is a prerequisite for the primary prevention of disorders of the musculoskeletal system in adolescents. To solve this problem, first of all, it is necessary to provide educational institutions with modern furniture that meets ergonomic requirements.

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