Ergonomic assessment of suspended scaffolds

Saurin, Tarcísio Abreu; Guimarães, Lia Buarque de Macedo

doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2005.11.006

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“…This method can be applied in many work sectors [67], including healthcare [82][83][84][85][86][87], industry [88][89][90][91][92][93], agriculture and livestock [78][79][80][81]94,95], information technologies [96][97][98][99][100][101], construction [102][103][104][105][106], transport and logistics [107][108][109][110][111][112], and education [113][114][115][116], as well as in other areas, such as supermarkets [117], power line work [118], workers with mental disabilities [119], cooking [120], and electronic or electrical equipment work [121].…”

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Assessment of Postural Load during Melon Cultivation in Mediterranean Greenhouses

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Health and safety at work directly influence the development of sustainable agriculture. In the agricultural sector, many farm workers suffer musculoskeletal disorders caused by forced posture. The objective of this research is to assess working postures during melon cultivation in Almería-type greenhouses. The Ovako Working Posture Assessment System (OWAS) has been used with pictures of the tasks. The variables studied by multiple correspondence analysis were as follows: Subtask, Posture code, Back, Arms, Legs, Load, Risk, and Risk combination. The OWAS analysis showed that 47.57% of the postures were assessed as risk category 2, 14.32% as risk category 3, 0.47% as risk category 4, and the rest as risk category 1. Corrective measures should be implemented immediately, as soon as possible, or in the near future, depending on the risks detected.

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“…OWAS, RULA, and REBA are commonly used observation‐based postural risk assessment methods (Diego‐Mas, Poveda‐Bautista, & Garzon‐Leal, ; Jones & Kumar, ; Kim et al., ; Kushwaha & Kane, ; Li & Buckle, ; Mattila, Karwowski, & Vilkki, ; Nevala‐Puranen, Kallionpää, & Ojanen, ; Saurin & Guimarães, ; Tuure, ; Väyrynen, ; Yuan, ). Karhu, Kansi, and Kuorinka () developed OWAS to classify and assess upper‐limb, lower‐limb, and trunk postures.…”

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Development of ergonomic gun barrel cleaning method: Automation and its advantages

Nam

Lee

Kyung

et al. 2017

Hum Ftrs & Erg Mfg Svc

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The aims of this study were to assess postural risks associated with the current gun barrel cleaning method and to develop an ergonomic gun barrel cleaning method that could reduce such risks. The inner surfaces of gun barrels should be cleaned after use to maintain their firing function. The current method of cleaning gun barrels requires multiple soldiers to push and pull a long cleaning pole for 1–3 hr. Such motions require both hands to be raised to shoulder height. The current manual method and a newly designed automated method were compared in terms of safety and effectiveness. Postural risk assessments were performed using OWAS, RULA, and REBA. Results: The manual cleaning method involves the highest postural risk level (Action Category/Level 4), requiring immediate intervention, and exposes multiple soldiers to life‐threatening situations for a longer time during wartime. The postural risk associated with using the automated cleaning system was much lower (Action Category/Level 2). Once loaded into the gun barrel by a single soldier, the automated system takes approximately 20 min to complete cleaning. The automated cleaning method reduces musculoskeletal disorder risks associated with cleaning gun barrels and increases military power. The automated gun barrel cleaning method is an ergonomic solution that can be used for cleaning gun barrels within a short time without exposing soldiers to postural risks.

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“…ey then used the survey data from Gammon Construction Limited and assessed, using their methodology, whether candidate strategies can improve safety behavior. Saurin and de Macedo Guimaraes [44] examined the workers' perceptions on scaffolding safety and determined that poor and stressful working conditions resulted from the combination of uncomfortable work posture, failures in safety planning and control, inappropriate inspections, and inadequate PPE use. Zheng et al [45] suggested that, in central China, nonfatal construction injuries are high throughout the year, and the major risk factors for which were found to include the lack of injury prevention and safety education, serious cigarette smoking and/or alcohol consumption, and depressive symptoms.…”

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The Last Mile: Safety Management Implementation in Construction Sites

Zhao

Kazemi

Wen

et al. 2018

Advances in Civil Engineering

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To deepen the understanding of the construction safety accidents rules as well as identify and cure the crux of construction safety management failures in China, we analyzed the status quo of safety management and identified the "last mile" problem, that is, the failure of implementation of the extensive legal and regulatory systems on the construction site. e safety factors were then extracted based on a questionnaire consisting of 34 items. rough factor analysis and ranking correlation, five human factors were found to be the greatest challenge and leverage point of safety management at construction sites. Accordingly, a novel safety management framework was proposed and tested as part of the Wuhan-Shenzhen highway project. Expert auditing confirmed that the proposed framework could substantially improve the construction safety performance and thus bridge the "last mile" of safety management implementation.

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Ergonomic assessment of suspended scaffolds

Cited by 24 publications

References 5 publications

Assessment of Postural Load during Melon Cultivation in Mediterranean Greenhouses

Assessment of Postural Load during Melon Cultivation in Mediterranean Greenhouses

Development of ergonomic gun barrel cleaning method: Automation and its advantages

The Last Mile: Safety Management Implementation in Construction Sites

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