An observational method for Postural Ergonomic Risk Assessment (PERA)

Chander, Divyaksh Subhash; Cavatorta, Maria Pia

doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2016.11.007

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“…For some tools, this may be hindered by a high complexity or a lack of 'userfriendliness' (Fallentin et al 2001;Eliasson, Nyman, and Forsman 2015), or because major risk factors are not targeted. For example, some tools only considered the most stressful body region in the final results of the assessment (Chander and Cavatorta 2017;McAtamney and Corlett 1993), which potentially may lead to sub-optimized solutions.…”

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Development and evaluation of RAMP II - a practitioner’s tool for assessing musculoskeletal disorder risk factors in industrial manual handling

2020

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RAMP II is an observation-based tool developed for assessing a wide range of musculoskeletal disorder risk factors related to industrial manual handling. RAMP II, which is part of the RAMP tool, is based on research studies and expert judgments. The assessment relies mainly on direct or video observations of the work being assessed, but additionally on measured push/pull forces and weights of handled objects, and on perceived workload and discomfort. Over 80 practitioners participated in the development of the tool. According to the evaluations, 73% of the assessment items evaluated had acceptable reliability, and the majority of the potential endusers reported that RAMP II is usable for assessing risks and as a decision base. It is concluded that this study provides support that RAMP II is usable for risk assessment of musculoskeletal disorder risk factors in industrial manual handling.Practitioner summary: RAMP II is an observation-based assessment tool for screening and assessing major musculoskeletal exposures in industrial manual handling jobs. Over 80 practitioners participated in the development of the tool. This study provides support that RAMP II is usable for risk assessment of musculoskeletal disorder risk factors in industrial manual handling.

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“…His role was to retrieve the cut products from the machine, perform a visual inspection and palletize them. For the evaluation, the Postural Ergonomic Risk Assessment (PERA) [33] method was used. The PERA is observation-based and is a cube model method.…”

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“…Researchers have developed a number of observational techniques to evaluate postural workload and risk of WRMSDs: Ovako Working Posture Analysing System (OWAS) [28], Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) [29], Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) [30], Occupational Repetitive Action (OCRA) [31], Quick Exposure Check (QEC) [32] and Postural Ergonomic Risk Assessment (PERA) [33].…”

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A New Approach to Ergonomic Physical Risk Evaluation in Multi-Purpose Workplaces

Lasota

2020

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The profile of human factors and ergonomics is rising. To provide an ergonomic work environment, it is necessary to pay special attention to the design and evaluation of the workplace. Traditional production work practices do not sufficiently take into account task variability in job design and assessment. Variations in task content, organizational work performance are seen due to the effective use of equipment, which enables higher levels of productivity to be reached. However, this variation has an impact on physical ergonomics risk factors and, consequently, on the risk of developing work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Variations can cause difficulties in assessing workers' exposure to ergonomic risk. This study aims to develop a framework for the evaluation of physical ergonomic risk in multipurpose workplaces. The presented framework integrates the concepts of well-known observation techniques used in the assessment of physical ergonomic risk factors in the multipurpose workplace. The research framework highlights a worker's exposure to the ergonomic risk and illustrates how these results can be used to find solutions in future ergonomic interventions. The framework's application is presented by illustrative case studies. Theoretical, managerial and practical features of the framework are discussed.

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“…To achieve a satisfactory final goal, the Ishikawa diagram has been proposed to enable a more complete identification of issues at the workplace and related to the work process, including those that will require corrective actions. Frequently there is a problem with prioritising remedial actions -a Pareto-Lorenz analysis can be a helpful tool to identify the most important factors causing deterioration of the ergonomic quality of the work process (Chander and Cavatorta, 2016;Chiasson et al, 2012;Górska, 2015;Tee et al, 2017;Tytyk and Butlewski, 2011;Wykowska, 2009).…”

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Improvement of the Ergonomic Quality of the Work Process

Lis

Nowacki

Łakomy

2018

Multidisciplinary Aspects of Production Engineering

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The improvement of production processes is currently one of the key elements of the company's competitiveness. In the pursuit of profit, the rationality of streamlined processes is not always taken into account, i.e. that both process needs and these of employees should be considered. Caring of the comfort of work, of adjusting the workplace to the employee is the main goal of ergonomic activity. On the level of implementation of ergonomic demands depends not only the quality and modernity of the products, but also the ergonomics of the workstation and the production process, forming the basis for better quality and more efficient work. The Improvement of the quality of the ergonomic workplace is possible on the basis of a properly conducted assessment, using a variety of tools. This article presents the evaluation and ergonomic analysis of the work process at four production workplaces, and then indicates the directions of changes. The analysis included elements of physical effort: energy expenditure, static load and traffic monotype. Traditional tools were used, such as OWAS, REBA, and also the use of quality assessment tools (Ishikawa diagram, Pareto-Lorenzo diagram) was proposed in order to suggest solutions to improve the ergonomic quality of the workstations under analysis.

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An observational method for Postural Ergonomic Risk Assessment (PERA)

Cited by 76 publications

References 18 publications

Development and evaluation of RAMP II - a practitioner’s tool for assessing musculoskeletal disorder risk factors in industrial manual handling

Development and evaluation of RAMP II - a practitioner’s tool for assessing musculoskeletal disorder risk factors in industrial manual handling

A New Approach to Ergonomic Physical Risk Evaluation in Multi-Purpose Workplaces

Improvement of the Ergonomic Quality of the Work Process

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