Human factors and ergonomics in the planning of production

Safety in machinery design and construction: Knowledge and performance

“…Health and safety professionals acted as conduits to information sources, as reflected in this interviewee's comments: ''With the fellow that we do have here, his knowledge is really essential for us and his training, he chases up all the information that we need at this stage. (Manufacturer 23) To the extent that firms accessed and applied specialist sources, this was facilitated and sustained by human factors or safety professionals (see also Broberg and Hermund, 2007;Jensen, 2002;Seim and Broberg, 2010).…”

Explicit and implicit theories of change when designing and implementing preventive ergonomics interventions – a systematic literature review

“…The different stakeholder roles in initiating, planning, implementing, and evaluating change is an important aspect of ergonomics interventions and likely to have a major influence on the feasibility, acceptance, and sustainability of the intervention (6,28,100). While this is also a core aspect in most theories of change, too little information was available in the reviewed studies to allow for an analysis, and so we could not identify key stakeholders.…”

“…Any such intervention will be preceded by setting up strategies expected to lead to the intended change and methods for realizing the strategies. The strategies, in turn, reflect implicit or explicit theories of how to succeed in creating change (6). While interventions based on a sound theory on processes leading to better health are not guaranteed to be successful, they are much more likely to reach the desired health outcomes than interventions not having a theoretical foundation (7).…”

Agent-based modelling of movement rules in DRC systems for volume flexibility: human factors and technical performance

“…digital human modelling) but these are limited in the operational system (OS) design (Wilson 2000). Important HF to consider: repetitive monotonous work is associated with health disorders (Jensen 2002). Switching rate can indicate some level of work variety (assuming there are different tasks between stations) and can provide benefits similar to job rotation (Oxenburgh, Marlow, and Oxenburgh 2004).…”