The article discusses the main physiological and psychological changes in human body conditions of weightlessness, which determine specifics organising ergonomic area at space station. Neurological cognitive impairments occur due to lack gravity, disturbances sense functioning, fluid redistribution body, musculoskeletal deformity. In a relaxed state has certain neutral position, different from ...

This paper describes and generalises experiences from two cases of production system development in the Swedish context. We have observed the successful application of ergonomics to be related to the lack of coordination of human factors across groups responsible for different stages of the production system design process. This problem is magnified by the tendency for ‘ergonomics’ to be the re...

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During the last Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), Beijing, August 2009, an international group was founded aimed at developing a "toolkit for MSD prevention" within IEA and in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO). Possible users of toolkits are: members of health and safety committees, health and safety representatives, line supervisors; labor inspectors;...

Augmented Reality (AR) shows great promises for its usage as a tool for simulation and verification of design proposal of new technological systems. Main advantage of augmented reality application usage is possibility of creation and simulation of new technological unit before its realization. This may contribute to increasing of safety and ergonomics and decreasing of economical aspects of new...

St. Joseph's Community Hospital of West Bend, a member of SynergyHealth, recognized the opportunity to improve patient safety through facility design. An independent, nonprofit, 80-bed acute hospital located in West Bend, WI, St. Joseph's Community Hospital is in the unique position of deciding to relocate and build a new hospital rather than remodel an existing facility. Sparked by the 1999 In...

Private sector employers spend about $60 billion annually on workers' compensation costs associated with injuries and illnesses experienced by their employees. The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration 1 (OSHA) has estimated that as much as one-third of these costs is due to musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), a wide range of illnesses and injuries related to repetiti...