Crane cabins’ interior space multivariate anthropometric modeling

Abstract

The results of this study may prove useful to crane cabin designers in eliminating anthropometric inconsistencies and improving the health of operators, but can also aid in improving the safety, performance and financial results of the companies where crane cabins operate.

What type of worker are you? Work-related Inventory (WI-10): A comprehensive instrument for the measurement of workaholism

“…Moreover, the Workaholism scale has a low correlation (0.28) with the total score of the UWES-9. We believe that this result is in line with Loscalzo and Giannini's [8] proposal of considering workaholism and work engagement as two different constructs that, however, could be co-present, and hence that should be crossed to distinguish between Disengaged and Engaged Workaholics.…”

“…Again, this item allows to have continuity with previous assessment measures based on the addiction model; however, it is an item that encompasses both the addiction and obsession models. Hence, it is useful to have it in the WI-10, which is an instrument that refers to Loscalzo and Giannini [8] workaholism's definition as a construct comprehending both addiction and obsessive features.…”

“…Scholars have analyzed work in many aspects, such as the psychological health and well-being associated to jobs characterized by high stress, like those of military personnel (e.g., [1][2][3]) and healthcare professionals (e.g., [4][5][6]). Moreover, many researchers have been interested in the effects of the ergonomic and structural aspects of the job (e.g., [7][8][9]) and the influence that physical and mental health problems may have on work (e.g., [10][11][12]).…”

Crane Cabins Development - Are there Innovations Needed?

“…Figure 5. Space required for accommodation of crane operator in the cabin, in x-y plane when using multivariate approach [18] (a) (b) Figure 6. Node numbers (a) and beam type finite elements (b) in cabin structure geometry model [19] Dynamic calculation of crane cabin structure elements included Eigen-frequencies and main oscillation modes and forced damped oscillation within the frequency range, as shown in Fig.…”

“…Certain authors such as Pheasant and Haslegrave [17] argue that percentiles approach is neither realistic nor proportioned properly for good-fitting designs and propose application of multivariate approaches. Accordingly, in that aim we propose multivariate modeling such as one described in detail in Essdai et al [18] and shown in Figures 4 and 5.…”