Ergonomics in Industrial Manufacturing: Human Factors, Workload Assessment, Health Management, and Reducing Risk in the Workplace
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 1004
Special Issue Editor
Interests: occupational biomechanics; applied ergonomics; strength & conditioning; posture; musculoskeletal disorders; technologies applied to ergonomics; workspaces; occupational health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The human body benefits from movement and load applied to its musculoskeletal system. However, an appropriate combination of movement, load, and recovery is critical to maintaining and preserving bodily functions. Therefore, it is necessary to design and organize workplaces to provide favorable conditions for maintaining workers’ health. In this context, to prevent occupational diseases, companies increasingly demand ergonomic studies on the risk factors of work activities and how they can influence the short-, medium-, and long-term health of workers. However, one of the main challenges for companies is the early detection of occupational diseases, because, unlike accidents and injuries, they do not occur suddenly. Fortunately, technical means of dealing with these demands are increasingly available in the literature. In this sense, the multidisciplinary field of ergonomics has become fundamental to dealing with these issues and, thus, harmonizing the relationship between the built workplace environment and the worker. When effective, this can optimize system performance, productivity, and worker health, safety, and comfort. Through in-depth studies, it is possible to define the most appropriate ergonomic actions for each profession, work environment, and specific workplace. In general, intervention is needed in three distinct areas: workspaces, tools, and organization and task planning issues.
Prof. Dr. Antônio Renato Pereira Moro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- workspaces
- industrial manufacture
- ergonomics and lean
- working in the cold
- occupational health
- epidemiological data
- biomechanical overload
- repetitive movement
- injuries due to repetitive efforts
- work posture
- occupational furniture
- work tools
- assessment methods
- organizational performance assessment
- technologies applied to ergonomics
- industrial health
