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International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene: Proceedings Book of...

International symposium on occupational safety and hygiene: Abstracts book of t...

Assessing the short-term effects of dual back-support exoskeleton within logist...

Logistics activities involve significant risk factors for the development of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD), particularly low back pain. Exoskeletons have emerged as potential solutions to mitigate these risks. This study assesses the short-term effects of dual passive back-support exoskeletons (Auxivo and Htrius) on WMSD risk factors in logistics operations. Two workstations were evaluated using...

Establishing an anthropometric database: a case for the Portuguese working popu...

Up-to-date anthropometric databases can help design appropriate workstations and equipment, reducing occupational accidents and disorders. The primary aim of this study was to create a company database to support the hypothesis that the latest anthropometric database for the Portuguese working population was outdated. Through the traditional manual measurement method, this work collected data on 27 dimensions f...

Systemic relations among the variables involved in occupational accidents of th...

Background: The occupational activities carried out in hospital environments pose occupational risks to professionals. In psychiatric hospitals, due to the characteristics of the patients treated, professionals are also subjected to other risks, such as physical aggression. Objective: This research aimed to identify the systemic context, highlighting the cause-and-effect relationships that culminate in occupati...

Key Indicator Methods – KIM (Klussmann, Liebers, Brandstädt, et al., 2017): tex...

Em ambientes ocupacionais, a exposição de trabalhadores a vários fatores de risco de desenvolvimento de Lesões Musculoesqueléticas Relacionadas com o Trabalho (LMERT) é bastante frequente. A exposição repetitiva e prolongada do sistema mão-braço ou da região lombar durante sub-atividades manuais de carga, isoladamente, ou em combinação com esforço estático e postural, são consideradas das principais causas pote...

The importance of small details in ergonomic risk: Influence of casters’ charac...

The importance of ergonomics in the workplace of organizations resulting from changes in the scenario of production of goods and services in recent decades has brought great challenges for them, in reconciling productivity and workers’ well-being. This article is the result of research carried out in a company that produces metallic parts for automobiles. This research included an ergonomic study of manual hand...

How can BPM combined with ergonomic assessment contribute to improve working co...

This document presents a practical case in a company, where the Business Process Management/Business Process Model and Notation to map the processes is combined with ergonomic evaluation methods—Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, analyzing the ergonomic conditions of the workers. The objective is to demonstrate that this combination is beneficial and allows tracing a resolution path, enhancing the solution. ...

Simulation pulled by the need to reduce wastes and human effort in an intralogi...

Lean Thinking is a well-known management philosophy that increases productivity and reduces cost by eliminating waste. To achieve this, it uses all suitable available tools. Simulation has been widely used to design and/or diagnose production systems and to propose effective better alternatives. In addition, Ergonomics approaches have also been applied to improve work conditions. The project described in this a...

Evaluation of ergonomic risk of warehouse activities in a telecommunications se...

Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) are a worldwide problem, both in terms of health and socioeconomic level. WMSDs are one of the main concerns of ergonomics, since they have been identified as being associated with occupational activities that expose employees to a high biomechanical and physiological load. In view of the above, it is necessary to assess risk in real work contexts. The present stud...