Ergonomic initiatives at Inmetro: measuring occupational health and safety

Ergonomic initiatives at Inmetro: measuring occupational health and safety.

This work studies biomechanical hazards to which the workforce of Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia Industrial (Inmetro) is exposed. It suggests a model for ergonomic evaluation of work, based on the concepts of resilience engineering which take into consideration the institute's ability to manage risk and deal with its consequences. Methodology includes the stages of ide...

Ergonomic Involvement for Occupational Safety and Health Improvements in the Oil and Gas Industry

The works in the oil and gas industry are usually performed in open and exposed fields, constrained areas, restricted spaces, and other outdoor environments such as offshore rigs and platforms [1,2]. Workers in the oil and gas industry continuously experience the problems of noise, slippery surfaces, and numerous manual material handling exposures of carrying, lifting, lowering, pushing and pul...

Ergonomic study on the manual component insertion lines for occupational health and safety improvements.

The study aimed at reducing the occupational health and safety problems faced by the manual component insertion operators. Subjective and objective assessments, and direct observations were made in the printed circuit assembly factory. Simple and low-cost ergonomic interventions were implemented, that is, repairing chairs, reducing high workloads, assigning operators to a maximum of 2 workstati...

Ergonomic work analysis as a tool of prevention for the occupational safety and health management system.

This paper introduces the Ergonomic Work Analysis as a relevant instrument to identify the risks in occupational environments through the investigation of factors that influence the relationship between the worker and the productive process. It draws a parallel between the several aspects of risk identification in traditional tools of Health and Safety Management and the factors embraced by the...

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