Managing Risks and Risk Assessment in Ergonomics—A Case Study

Bednář, M.; Simon, M.; Rybnikár, Filip; Kačerová, Ilona; Kleinova, Jana; Vránek, Pavel

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-19560-0_59

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“…However, there is a high degree of subjectivity in the risk assessment. Motion capture kinematic suits, motion sensors applied on the body can ensure the objectivity of the assessment [29][30][31].…”

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Safety Standards And Their Relevance for Ergonomic Risk Assessment in Slovak Republic

Onofrejova,

Andrejiova,

Porubcanova

et al. 2024

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Attention to the work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) involve also statistical surveys showing an increasing trend in the incidence of WMSDs. Technological development retrieves new tools and methods for the assessment of physical load at work. In addition to the conventional questionnaires and scaling assessment systems, these methods are mostly based on the direct sensing of appropriate parameters, which allows more precise quantification. The aim of this paper is to compare the assessment of ergonomic risk through current legislative regulations. A Captiv wireless sensor system was used at a car headlight quality control assembly workplace for sensing, data acquisition and data processing. During the evaluation of the postures and movements at work, we discovered differences in the applicable standards: Decree 542/2007 Coll. (Slovak legislation), STN EN 1005-4+A1, French standards default in the Captiv system. Standards define the thresholds for hazardous postures with significant differences in several evaluated body segments, which also affects the final evaluation of the measurements. Based on the results of our research, we found that respondents were in an acceptable position for approximately 63% of the total duration of the work activity in terms of the Legislative method, 44% with Captiv and 27% with Standards method.

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Safety Standards And Their Relevance for Ergonomic Risk Assessment in Slovak Republic

Onofrejova,

Andrejiova,

Porubcanova

et al. 2024

Preprint

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“…One advantage is that those methods have a high degree of subjectivity. Motion capture kinematic suits and motion sensors applied on the body can ensure the objectivity of the assessment [ 29 , 30 , 31 ].…”

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A Case Study of Ergonomic Risk Assessment in Slovakia with Respect to EU Standard

Onofrejova,

Andrejiova,

Porubcanova

et al. 2024

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Attention on work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) involves statistical surveys showing an increasing trend in the incidence of WMSDs. Technological development has led to new tools and methods for the assessment of physical load at work. These methods are mostly based on the direct sensing of appropriate parameters, which allows more precise quantification. The aim of this paper is to compare several commonly used methods in Slovakia for the assessment of ergonomic risk reflecting current EU and Slovak legislative regulations. A Captiv wireless sensory system was used at a car headlight quality control assembly workplace for sensing, data acquisition and data processing. During the evaluation of postures and movements at work, we discovered differences in the applicable standards: Decree 542/2007 Coll. (Slovak Legislation), the STN EN 1005-4+A1, and the French standards default in the Captiv system. Standards define the thresholds for hazardous postures with significant differences in several evaluated body segments, which affects the final evaluation of the measurements. Our experience from applying improved risk assessment methodology may have an impact on Slovak industrial workplaces. It was confirmed that there is a need to create uniform standards for the ergonomic risk assessment of body posture, including a detailed description of the threshold values for individual body segments.

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Managing Risks and Risk Assessment in Ergonomics—A Case Study

Cited by 2 publications

References 19 publications

Safety Standards And Their Relevance for Ergonomic Risk Assessment in Slovak Republic

Safety Standards And Their Relevance for Ergonomic Risk Assessment in Slovak Republic

A Case Study of Ergonomic Risk Assessment in Slovakia with Respect to EU Standard

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