This research is part of a study which investigates the ergonomic evaluation of the usability of the virtual learning environment adopted by CEAD of the Federal Institute of Espírito Santo (IFES/ES) belonging to the Brazilian Open University (UAB). The heuristic evaluation was adopted in this research to discover if the interface of the environment (represented by Moodle version 1.9.5 software)...

Physical risk factors assessment is usually conducted by analysing postures and forces implemented by the operator during a work-task performance. A basic analysis can rely on questionnaires and video analysis, but more accurate comprehensive analysis generally requires complex expensive instrumentation, which may hamper movement task performance. In recent years, it has become possible to stud...

An approach for quick assessment of the exposure to ergonomic risks on computer-aided office workplaces in a company is developed. It includes a checklist considering the following ergonomic dimensions: work organization, displays, input devices, furniture, work space, environment, software and health hazards. By the checklist, data on workplace exposure to ergonomic risk factors are collected....

Since 2008 Fiat Group Automobiles has introduced Ergo-UAS system for the balancing of production lines and to detect ergonomic issues. Ergo-UAS system integrates 2 specific methods: MTM-UAS for time measurement and EAWS as ergonomic method to evaluate biomechanical effort for each workstation. Fiat is using a software system to manage time evaluation and ergo characterization of production cycl...

With the rapidly growing development of Computer Supported Collaborative Work technologies, the evaluation of these services becomes an essential aspect. This evaluation mixes technical, business, social, perceptive, ergonomic aspects which can’t be considered independently. In this paper we propose a new taxonomy of CSCW evaluation methods based on previous works and on our analysis of current...

Hospital meal carts are used to deliver meals, drugs and some other materials to patients in the hospital environment. These carts which are moved manually by operators, the health workers, mostly do not comply with ergonomics guidelines and physical requirements of the equipment users in terms of anthropometry data of the region thus increasing the risk of musculoskeletal disorder among...

Introduction: Complex sociotechnical systems, such as automotive industry, require a proper macro-ergonomic approach to design and implement the work system at micro-ergonomic level. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate effective macroeconomic factors to improve productivity, health and safety of employees in the automotive industry based on Holden & Karsh model. Material and ...

Ergonomic conditions of workplace settings is important for the performance companies. Especially in manufacturing industry, employees are required to have convenient conditions. If this not case, it most likely a decrease work efficiency, increase workload, and negative impacts on employee health. In study, we evaluate two ergonomic conditions, illumination noise level, different departments m...

This paper reports on the work that has been done by the team above within the EvalWeb project. The work presented here describes how web usability guidelines should be refined in order to be suitable for the ergonomic design and evaluation of web sites and to be embedded in a software tool.