Ergonomics Contribution in Maintainability

Teymourian, Kiumars; Seneviratne, Dammika; Galar, Diego

doi:10.1515/mspe-2017-0031

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“…Nowadays, in many maintenance operations task(s) instruction(s)/description(s) it is difficult to find out the description for a specific task performance that can cause fatigue (which is the result of muscle pain and awkward working posture) or is/are painful. Despite the fact that designers considering all safety standards for their designed system/product but lacking in human factors knowledge will cause problems to system/product, in other words, they do not know what they do not know, this is because designers mostly focus on the functionality of their engineered design [52]. In this context, human abilities in terms of physical and mental limitations may be missed during the entire design process.…”

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Ergonomics Evaluation in Designed Maintainability: Case Study Using 3 DSSPP

Teymourian

Tretten²,

Seneviratne³

et al. 2021

Management Systems in Production Engineering

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Maintainability is one of the design parameters (reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS)) and maintenance is needed to keep the respective design in sustainable use. At the same time, the human is involved in the form of interface and interaction in an engineered product/system designed. Ergonomics is a multi-disciplinary science that considers human capabilities and limitations in a broader sense. The objective of this paper is to integrate ergonomics into the maintainability design process in order to facilitate maintenance operation in lesser; time, cost, easier operation as well as the well-being of human who is involved. In other words, good ergonomics lead to good economics and in a broader sense, sustainability. This investigation shows that designing comfortable workplaces and lesser workload for maintenance operators will be beneficial for the maintainability design process and also improve the meantime to repair MTTR. In order to evaluate the effect of designed work-place and workload on maintainers 3 D Static Strength Prediction Program (3D SSPP) that is commonly used as an ergonomics evaluation tool in scientific studies was applied.

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Section: Application Of Ergonomics In the Maintenance Processmentioning

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Ergonomics Evaluation in Designed Maintainability: Case Study Using 3 DSSPP

Teymourian

Tretten²,

Seneviratne³

et al. 2021

Management Systems in Production Engineering

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“…Today's system performance required many cognitive tasks load (it refers to the amount of cognitive workload which is the property of task) and cognitive workload (it refers to human mental effort and it is a property of an individual) activities [1]. Ergonomists are saying, "fitting the task to the man not vice versa" as discussed in Teymourian et al [2]. The fusion of these two (designers and ergonomists) way of thinking during design process will lead to the concept of system thinking and emergence of human citizenship in the system.…”

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Integrating Ergonomics in Maintanability:A Case Study from Manufacturing Industry

Teymourian

Seneviratne

Galar

2019

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Maintainability is key part of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) estimation and prediction in complex assets. Indeed, availability calculation comprises accurate estimation of maintainability and frequently, it is just a time stamp for mean time to repair (MTTR) estimations. However, maintainability is a human related figure where the skill, capabilities, tools and the design of the asset play key role in its performance. The aim of this article is to describe the effects of ergonomists' contribution during maintainability process for system/products design. System designer thinking in system and its subsystem in a way of technical functionality. On the other hand, ergonomists are expertise in human capability and limitation. If human become a part of system than their interface and interaction become crucial factors in a success of system performance and its sustainability. In this paper, it has discussed three main issues that help the process of maintainability design. These issues are safety, task analysis and risk analysis. It has also touched reliability engineer's task to increase Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). These issues are explained via a case study from a manufacturing industry.

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The Effect of Static Physical Work on the Work Safety

Jasik-Slezak

Baryshnikova

2020

System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment

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Physical activity is an inseparable sphere of human life, and is not rarely associated with work. Evolution has adapted man to perform various activities that meet their life needs. Man is created for walking, sitting, lying and standing. All these activities should take place in turns. Physical work should be varied in terms of dynamics and not limit people to stay in one position while performing work. The position changes, among others, to increase blood pressure, in addition, stimulates the heart and respiratory system, as well as improves the efficiency of both physical and mental work. In turn, taking only one position for a long time, which often occurs in static physical work, causes many health problems. For musculoskeletal disorders related to a non-ergonomic work position and a forced position at work, every fourth employee in Europe complains. In Poland, musculoskeletal disorders are one of the most common causes of absence at work. In Polish enterprises, the assumption that profit is the most important is still dominant. Man is rarely seen as the most important capital of an enterprise that needs to be taken care of. For many employers, all additional measures related to shaping safe working conditions are only costs, not investment and potential profit. This paper presents the effects of static physical work in relation to work safety in the light of publicly available reports and information. The review has been enriched with the results of research carried out in one of the production enterprises of the SMEs sector. The research results presented in the paper are pilot and constitute an introduction to a large research work.

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Ergonomics Contribution in Maintainability

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

Ergonomics Evaluation in Designed Maintainability: Case Study Using 3 DSSPP

Ergonomics Evaluation in Designed Maintainability: Case Study Using 3 DSSPP

Integrating Ergonomics in Maintanability:A Case Study from Manufacturing Industry

The Effect of Static Physical Work on the Work Safety

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