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among others:
a significant reduction in the number of people exposed to harmful factors
and in the number of occupational diseases;
the implementation of a system of differentiated social insurance premium
(experience rating) related to
ABSTRACT
Occupational safety and health have a considerable value for the employee and
the employer alike. Simultaneously, as work processes become more flexible, this
knowledge grows in importance for society as a whole.
The substantial technical progres
In 1980, approximately 16.5 million people were employed in the Polish
economy. Of this number, studies of the Central Statistical Office (Gwny Urzd
Statystyczny, 1981) covered 12.7 million, including 1.9 million employed in
conditions in which health sta
combination of health or comfort and productivity leads to better results and if
possible should be made the goal for the project.
To begin a participatory ergonomics project an initiative should be taken
somewhere, either within or outside the organizati
research and implementation programme in the field of OSH.
RESULTS
Working conditions have been assessed so far by the national statistics, objective
measurements (fieldwork) or subjective assessments (surveys) (Lindstrom et al.,
2000; European Agency for
noise
FIGURE 1. A comparison of the results of a questionnaire survey ( ),
field measurements ( ) and statistical data ( ).
Employees exposed to environmental factors (%) (Koradecka et al., 2010).
The costs of inappropriate working conditions incurred by
nineteen manufacturing companies of different branches. Only twelve of them
identified the concurrent engineering and could assess their knowledge of it as well
as the importance of information technologies. Seven of the researched companies
represents el
deduction of purposeful improvements helps to evaluate a high quantity of
workstations as well as to conduct detailed analyses. Training in these methods for
selected staff members is needed to enable the company to conduct analyses without
the involvemen
worker population, are comprehensively reduced. With module 4 the risk level can
be reduced or adapted on a differentiated basis. Already, the differentiation of a few
categories of workers can help to significantly reduce the risks for the weakest
percen
working conditions and tasks as well as through influencing the health promoting
behavior of individuals. So far, many workplace health promotion and prevention
programs focus on behavior-oriented prevention such as fitness programs, control of
alcohol an
necessary actions for each module based on the situation at hand in a given
company.
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Introduction/Improvement
Risk assessment Tools
Dissemination and Integrated Use
(Increase of Consistency)
Formal integration into the entire
Product Realization Proce
After a risk has been identified, improvements are achieved only if changes in
the work system are realized and a re-evaluation confirms the effectiveness of the
actions taken. For this purpose, a problem-solving process such as a PDCA-Cycle
with defined
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3.5
Technology
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State of IT usage
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CLOSING REMARKS
In researched companies were carried out the analysis of applied IT in particular
companies considering CE concept. Analyzing the research results it is important to
remember that the compan
assessment methods (Steinberg et al., 2006). More sophisticated
screening tools such as the Automotive-Assembly-Worksheet (AAWS) that
consider more than one type of physical load, e.g. static postures, action forces and
manual materials handling, are intr
indicators, additional indicators are needed to manage this concept.
Although there are many contributing factors, it can be said that the
characteristics of the work system represent certainly one important factor.
Therefore, the improvement of the entir
for Ergonomics
Peter Vink
TNO/Delft University of Technology
Landbergstraat 15, 2628 CE Delft
The Netherlands
ABSTRACT
In this tutorial the most crucial elements of a successful approach will be trained
and also mistakes in previous projects will be share
which not only conditioning the successful CE. IT also influence on whole
management system and constitutes one of the internal competitive advantage
factors. What more, the respondents rather positively assessed the IT development
level in researched com
the effects. Effects could be measured on dis)comfort, predictors of health and
productivity during the design process (Vink, 2005). This can be done in several
stages of the design process. (Dis)comfort can be measured in the first stage of
design by que
Integration of Ergonomics
into Production Systems
Max Bierwirth, Ralph Bruder, Karlheinz Schaub
Institute of Ergonomics
Darmstadt University of Technology
Germany
ABSTRACT
In this paper a comprehensive management model is introduced that enables
companies
approach are discussed and also the mistakes in the projects are shared with the
participants. In this paper important elements of successful ergonomics case studies
are described.
Several studies mention success factors in ergonomic projects to arrive at
Noro K, Imada AS. Participatory Ergonomics. Taylor & Francis, London, 1992
Rhijn JW van, Looze MP de, Tuinzaad GH, Groenesteijn L, Groot MD de, Vink P. Changing
from batch to flow assembly in the production of emergency lighting devices.
International Jou
of customer service, rising the quality and work efficiency, cost level reduction,
competitive advantage, communication system, information access and usage,
collaboration with cooperators, collaboration with deliverers. The point estimation
of that influ
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. Fourth
European survey on working conditions. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications
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modeling and the ability to derive physical properties like
weight, center of gravity, etc. and to produce manufacturing data such as numerical
control data and programme files. Among a lot of CAD/CAM system it is possible
to distinguish the main followin
various
institutions and regulation, etc. (Kakowska, Wodarkiewicz-Klimek, 2009). Taking into
consideration
the Lisbon Strategy it can be state that the companies which applied Information Technologies
supporting concurrent engineering become a part of thi
Since the implementation of the Total Ergonomics Management system focuses also
on organizational changes and improved process quality, a corresponding self-auditprogram
seems to be the most adequate management and implementation support.
The audit-progra
Synthesis of that research is shown in fig. 1. The point estimation is interpreted as
following: 0-lack of knowledge, 1-very low knowledge, 2- low knowledge, 3cursory knowledge, 4-good knowledge, 5-very good knowledge.
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Figure 1. Know
