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Global Ergonomics

Scott, P.A.; Charteris, J.; Bridger, R.S.

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TABLE OF CONTENTSix
PREFACEv
PLENARY SESSION1
Chapter 1. The economics of ergonomics3
Chapter 2. Participatory design in the organisational context11
SECTION 1: COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION21
SECTION OVERVIEW21
Chapter 3. Impact on productivity of low-cost work improvement in small enterprises in a developing23
Chapter 4. Efforts to improve the ergonomic practices in Uganda27
Chapter 5. A survey of ergonomic and industrial engineering applications in Kuwait industry33
Chapter 6. Ergonomics: An agenda for Philippine productivity in the new millennium39
Chapter 7. Ergonomic Checkpoints: an IDC perspective on their strengths and limitations47
Chapter 8. Experimental model of ergonomics intervention in industries of the industrially developin51
Chapter 9. Appropriate technology approach with its "built-in" ergonomics aspect is a must in techno57
Chapter 10. Ergonomics issues in agricultural development63
Chapter 11. Assessing ergonomic conditions in industrial operations: A field for global cooperation69
SECTION 2: MUSCULO-SKELETAL STRESS73
SECTION OVERVIEW73
Chapter 12. Muscle fatigue in trunk rotation75
Chapter 13. A multi-disciplinary investigation into musculoskeletal disorders in healthcare professi81
Chapter 14. Variation in shoulder and hip joint axis in relation to vertebral column axis and change91
Chapter 15. Determination of the maximum moment of hand torsion force for various positions of the u99
Chapter 16. Whole-body vibration: The kidney belt controversy!103
Chapter 17. Manual Handling: Some research and consulting experiences in the Western Cape111
Chapter 18. Postural stress in vehicle assembly operations115
Chapter 19. Revision of the CTD risk assessment model119
Chapter 20. Intra-abdominal pressure in prolonged spinal loading123
Chapter 21. Musculo-skeletal discomforts for manual day labourers in Bangladesh127
SECTION 3: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PRVENTION131
SECTION OVERVIEW131
Chapter 22. An abbreviated profile of work injuries in the United States135
Chapter 23. Injury Prevention in Industry141
Chapter 24. Protective legwear - why has it only reduced chainsaw lacerations to the leg?145
Chapter 25. Problems of work safety on the basis of studies into the causes of disasters149
Chapter 26. Psychophysiological securing for accidents prevention in complex systems153
Chapter 27. Human factors of personal protective devices157
Chapter 28. Maritime safety and organizational culture: The epoxy case165
Chapter 29. Evaluation of work quality and safety conditions in veil of certificates audit171
Chapter 30. The ergonomic approach to risk reduction: Use of a product taxonomy175
Chapter 31. Traffic safety and mobile telephones181
Chapter 32. Visual behaviour under emergency lighting conditions for visually impaired and normally185
Chapter 33. Web navigation for blind users189
Chapter 34. Physical and psychosocial working conditions in home care193
Chapter 35. Network as learning structures197
Chapter 36. Social effects of integrating design203
Chapter 37. Co-elaboration for the search of solutions pertinent at industrial, economic, social lev207
Chapter 38. Pro-active approach in reducing shift work related injuries211
Chapter 39. Job analysis and ergonomics - ensuring health and productivity in coal mines215
Chapter 40. The EU machinery directive as a source for a new ergonomic tool box for preventive healt219
Chapter 41. Collaboration in developing new working models and local social and health care services225
Chapter 42. Why ergonomics must be an integral part of an occupational health programme229
Chapter 43. Self assessment - A holistic approach for the evaluation of health promotion concepts233
Chapter 44. The effect of age, occupation, and experience on performance239
Chapter 45. Work ability of professional cleaners - Regional intervention251
Chapter 46. Utilisation of the safety audit results in elaboration of the ergonomics requirements in255
Chapter 47. Assessment of microbiological risk in air conditioning259
Chapter 48. Human factors, accident and risk265
Chapter 49. Small and medium sized chemical factories in Bangladesh - Occupational health and safety271
SECTION 4: ERGONOMICS IN MEDICINE,DENTISTRY AND REHABILITATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL ERGONOMICS277
SECTION OVERVIEW277
Chapter 50. Nine surgeons and an ergonomist279
Chapter 51. Rehabilitation in the New Zealand forest industry: A pilot programme283
Chapter 52. Office work in relation to lipoatrophia semicircularis287
Chapter 53. Mammography - painful for whom?291
Chapter 54. Why dental personnel do not use safety glasses - Using grounded theory to explain users295
Chapter 55. Integrating ergonomic findings into the design of new products for dental offices299
Chapter 56. Noise level analysis of the tooth preparation305
Chapter 57. Ergonomics aspects of dental protective glasses according to user demand309
Chapter 58. The physical demands of New Zealand forest work315
Chapter 59. Hot working environments: A critical look at a typical sugar manufacturing concern in Ke319
Chapter 60. The impact of regular fluid intake on logging workers325
SECTION 5: POSTURAL AND ANTHROPOMETRIC FACTORS; HAND TOOLS329
SECTION OVERVIEW329
Chapter 61. Towards the ideal physiological man model through the assembling of independent submodel331
Chapter 62. Are we getting larger?337
Chapter 63. Some aspects of rapid prototyping in foam of 3D anthropometric computer models in functi343
Chapter 64. Segment inertial properties of Chinese adults determined from magnetic resonance imaging349
Chapter 65. An investigation into the postures adopted by the upper limbs during cervical screening353
Chapter 66. Development of an evaluation system of the work posture burden and introduction of the s357
Chapter 67. Stand on sitting: What science has to say about seating options361
Chapter 68. A fundamental study on working posture of VDT workers367
Chapter 69. Measuring factors of discomfort in office chairs371
Chapter 70. Evaluating hand-arm response at standing and sitting postures while operating in-line an375
Chapter 71. Ergonomics evaluation of garden secateurs383
Chapter 72. The shape of handles for powered drills389
Chapter 73. Ergonomic evaluation of work with hand held powered tools: The Cube Model applied393
Chapter 74. Load on the hand-arm-system during work with 4 different non-powered shears for vineyard397
Chapter 75. Handtool design for left- and right- handers401
Chapter 76. The increasing of farmers productivity using serrated sickles405
Chapter 77. Ergonomic aspects at establishing the form electroinsulating gloves for high tension413
Chapter 78. Tasks and working postures analysis during cutting of grapevines as a base for ergonomic419
Chapter 79. Work-rest schedules used queuing theory to minimize vibrotactile TTS induced by hand-tra425
Chapter 80. Modelling skin friction429
SECTION 6: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS437
SECTION OVERVIEW437
Chapter 81. Pleasure made in Japan: Kansei engineering and design441
Chapter 82. Supporting ergonomics in design445
Chapter 83. Ergonomics for work system creating449
Chapter 84. Pleasure for all through inclusive design453
Chapter 85. Ergonomics guidelines for the design of user manuals459
Chapter 86. Community ergonomics and urban poverty : Planning and design activities and interface so463
Chapter 87. Popular culture and design467
Chapter 88. Generic attributes analysis methodology (GAAM) - A tool for design of complex systems471
Chapter 89. An ergonomic action at the workplace for creating the comfortable working conditions477
Chapter 90. Assembly line optimisation using computer program techniques481
Chapter 91. Designing working condition through ergonomic approach to achieve "zero accident" in a s485
Chapter 92. Reorganization of assembly work, increased productivity and reduced workload491
Chapter 93. A supporting system for work improvement to create a high- productivity workplace - A sy497
Chapter 94. A model for the ergonomic design of office workstations501
Chapter 95. Improvement of working condition reduce musculoskeletal complaints and working heart rat505
Chapter 96. The design of footstep at press-sol machine in a small shoes-factory511
Chapter 97. Designing pen-input character boxes on pen-based systems517
Chapter 98. Ergonomic study of table and chair for senior high school student at Denpasar, Bali523
Chapter 99. National and international ergonomic issues related to the use of single disc floor clea529
SECTION 7: COGNITIVE ERGONOMICS; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHO-SOCIAL FACTORS533
SECTION OVERVIEW533
Chapter 100. Human factors opportunities in virtual or augmented environments537
Chapter 101. The use and meaning of the "computer experience" variable541
Chapter 102. Knowledge transfer: How to build user-friendly information systems for designers547
Chapter 103. Cross-cultural issues in information flow and electronic communications media use553
Chapter 104. A knowledge-based system for utilizing advanced electomyographic and subjective methods557
Chapter 105. Representations and prototypes - a language everybody speaks561
Chapter 106. The development and evaluation of pharmaceutical pictograms565
Chapter 107. A study of user perception of hospital information symbols571
Chapter 108. Pharmaceutical pictograms for antibiotic therapy: Do they work?575
Chapter 109. Multimedia usability and its implication for ergonomics581
Chapter 110. Defining and developing scales for anthropocentrism and anthropomorphism towards comput585
Chapter 111. User friendly software for quality control593
Chapter 112. Ergonomic requirements: Evaluating support system597
Chapter 113. An ergonomic approach to educational software evaluation601
Chapter 114. The cultural milieux of ergonomics607
Chapter 115. Dynamics of responses to workload transitions: Challenges to the vigilance decrement pa613
Chapter 116. Cumulative social trauma and the role of the community ergonomist617
Chapter 117. Ergonomic study on strain of organism in activity of electric power dispatchers621
Chapter 118. The cognitive structure of decision making tasks in major versus minor emergency respon627
Chapter 119. Integrating the behaviour to improve selection: Development of a multimedia tool633
Chapter 120. Longitudinal study of work organisation interventions and WRMD's641
Chapter 121. Basic elements of Chinese Feng Shui and the quality of human life.645
Chapter 122. Evaluation of protective devices used for decontamination.651
Chapter 123. Eye-hand coordination in the dual task situation657
Chapter 124. Ergonomic approach for development of computer supported cooperative work661
SECTION 8: AVIATION AND MOTOR VEHICLE ERGONOMICS; CONSTRUCTION ERGONOMICS; MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS665
SECTION OVERVIEW665
Chapter 125. Information and advice: Considerations on their forms and differences in future aircraf667
Chapter 126. Implications of technology change in air traffic control673
Chapter 127. Development of a method to assess psychophysiological states of air traffic controllers677
Chapter 128. Adaptive modelling of the individual driving behaviour of car drivers based on statisti691
Chapter 129. Multifactorial analysis of car driver's seat695
Chapter 130. The role of ergonomics in vehicle design and safety699
Chapter 131. Changes in drivers' alertness on the highway: Statistical data and field study703
Chapter 132. Ergonomic analysis of car accessibility715
Chapter 133. An experimental bicycle as a tool for analysing journeys by cyclists on their way to wo719
Chapter 134. Ergonomics in construction723
Chapter 135. The anthropotechnological aspects of the management of building sites in Brazilian cons729
Chapter 136. Built urban environment: Environmental ergonomics735
Chapter 137. The influence of designers on construction ergonomics739
Chapter 138. Free advisory service to small companies in Sweden745
Chapter 139. Safety improvement of nailing machines749
Chapter 140. Pace of changes of legal and technical advisory of the National Labour Inspectorate in759
Chapter 141. A status report on HFES 400, guidelines for instructions and procedures765
SECTION 9: CONCEPTUAL AND GENERAL ISSUES; EDUCATION AND TRAINING767
SECTION OVERVIEW767
Chapter 142. Core competencies for the practising ergonomist769
Chapter 143. Being Human: Challenges for a changing world775
Chapter 144. Crucial issues for global ergonomic interventions; some reflections783
Chapter 145. Anthropotechnology: The ergonomics of the production Systems787
Chapter 146. Tasks and objectives of ergonomics in academic training and research791
Chapter 147. Claiming comprehensiveness : From classical Man-Machine designs to the business driven795
Chapter 148. Production interaction theory : A designers primer801
Chapter 149. Toward common international ergonomic methods807
Chapter 150. Ethics and responsibilities in ergonomics809
Chapter 151. A global approach to ergonomic design815
Chapter 152. Organisational changes and gender perspectives819
Chapter 153. Flexible organisations - dream or reality?825
Chapter 154. A Swedish master's programme in ergonomics831
Chapter 155. Ergonomic and occupational safety education in Yugoslavia835
Chapter 156. An international training programme of occupational safety and health841
Chapter 157. Ergonomic criteria for communication visual aids design845
SECTION 10: MACROERGONOMIC ISSUES849
SECTION OVERVIEW849
Chapter 158. Measuring the economic benefits of ergonomics851
Chapter 159. Macroergonomic effects of rapid economic renewal855
Chapter 160. The potential impact of ergonomic interventions and problems associated with economic a859
Chapter 161. Organizational design as a consequence of modern technology865
Chapter 162. Designing of ergonomic products869
Chapter 163. Improved working environment - investments or costs?873
Chapter 164. Ergonomics in the public sector: The IRS ergonomics program879
Chapter 165. A macroergonomic approach for evolving research and development (R&D) environment at fo883
Chapter 166. The relation between ergonomics and company profits: Perceptions of selected South Afri891
Chapter 167. Consultancy driven business process re-engineering (BPR) in Denmark and its impact on o897
Chapter 168. Theory and practice for the implementation of participatory interventions903
Chapter 169. The ergonomics of customer-operator relationships.907
Chapter 170. The projecting of a new hospital: Participation to what extent and at the expense of wh913
Chapter 171. Ergonomic participatory plan in the diamond industry.919
Chapter 172. An ergonomics network925
Chapter 173. Ergonomic quality engineering - application to workstations931
Chapter 174. Human reengineering of work and living935
Chapter 175. Implementation of current ergonomic renewal undertaking in multiagent manufacturing sys941
AUTHOR INDEX945

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Vendor Elsevier S & T
SKU 9780080433349
ISBN-13 9780080553047
Author Scott, P.A.; Charteris, J.; Bridger, R.S.
Category Business & Economics
Subject Exports & Imports

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Jointly hosted by the Ergonomics Society of South Africa (ESSA) and the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), this conference was attended by over 300 delegates and represented the largest and most prestigious gathering of eminent international ergonomists in the history of Africa. It also marked the beginning of a revival in concern for the well-being and productivity of people at work in South Africa.

The conference aimed to juxtapose two great ergonomic themes – the under-developed ethos of the affluent societies and the technologically advanced ethos of the most affluent societies. The structure of the proceedings reflects this with the first section addressing the priorities of countries in transition and the last section addressing the priorities of the most industrially-developed countries, who have, by and large, long since solved the sorts of ergonomics problems currently of concern in the under-developed world. In between these, in a roughly hierarchical arrangement from micro- to macro- levels of analysis, are sections which collectively help span the whole field of ergonomics. Section overviews are provided to outline the topics included in each section.

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