Ergonomics is defined by the International Ergonomics Association ergonomics as the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance. Ergonomics is employed to fulfill the two goals ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the participatory ergonomic method on the development of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders and disability in office employees. METHODS This study is a randomized controlled intervention study. It comprised 116 office workers using computers. Those in the intervention group were taught office ergonomics and the risk assessment method. Cox proportional hazards mode...

background: ergonomics standards play an important role in product and system design as it can improve their usability; provide comfort and safety for the users. the number of musculoskeletal diseases has increased in recent years in malaysia. however, the awareness and importance of ergonomics in malaysia is still very low among the industries. many ergonomics standards have been adopted by si...

BACKGROUND This study presents a framework for development of integrated health, safety and ergonomic (HSE) in complex critical systems. Total ergonomics model considers conventional ergonomics factors as well as management and organizational factors. METHODS Control room operation and maintenance department of a thermal power plant was chosen as the case of our study. To achieve the above ob...

The objective of this paper was to control ergonomic risks among female cashiers working in a department store belonging to the retail market. This study was conducted between May and November 2010. Participatory ergonomics was applied through knowing and understanding how the company works, establishing the work team (Ergo group), training the team in ergonomics-related topics, and making deci...