The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook

Waldemar Karwowski, William S. Marras

CRC Press, Dec 18, 1998 - Technology & Engineering - 2088 pages

Occupational ergonomics and safety studies the application of human behavior, abilities, limitations, and other characteristics to the design, testing, and evaluation of tools, machines, systems, tasks, jobs, and environments for productive, safe, comfortable, and effective use.
Occupational Ergonomics Handbook provides current, comprehensive knowledge in this broad field, providing essential, state-of-the-art information from nearly 150 international leaders of this discipline. The text assesses the knowledge and expertise applied to industrial environments:

Providing engineering guidelines for redesigning tools, machines, and work layouts

Evaluating the demands placed on workers by current jobs

Simulating alternative work methods

Determining the potential for reducing physical job demands based on the implementation of new methods
Topics also include:

Fundamental ergonomic design principles at work

Work-related musculoskeletal injuries, such as cumulative trauma to the upper extremity (CTDs) and low back disorders (LBDs), which affect several million workers each year with total costs exceeding $100 billion annually

Current knowledge used for minimizing human suffering, potential for occupational disability, and related worker's compensation costs

Working conditions under which musculoskeletal injuries might occur

Engineering design measures for eliminating or reducing known job-risk factors

Optimal manufacturing processes regarding human perceptual and cognitive abilities as well as task reliability

Identifying the worker population affected by adverse conditions

Early medical and work intervention efforts

Economics of an ergonomics maintenance program

Ergonomics as an essential cost to doing business
Ergonomics intervention includes design for manufacturability, total quality management, and work organization. Occupational Ergonomics Handbook demonstrates how ergonomics serves as a vital component for the activities of the company and enables an advantageous cooperation between management and labor.
This new handbook serves a broad segment of industrial practitioners, including industrial and manufacturing engineers; managers; plant supervisors and ergonomics professionals; researchers and students from academia, business, and government; human factors and safety specialists; physical therapists; cognitive and work psychologists; sociologists; and human-computer communications specialists.

Contents

• The Ergonomics of System Design David Meister: 3
• Christopher Schlick and Johannes Springer: 27
• A Guide to Certification in Professional Ergonomics Dieter W Jahns: 51
• Issues: 54
• Effective Use of the World Wide Web Peter M Budnick: 59
• Professional Ergonomics Issues Dieter W Jahns: 67
• Programs in Post Injury Management Tarek M Khalil Elsayed: 69
• Development of Ergonomics Programs David C Alexander and Gary B Orr: 79
• FOUNDATION OF ERGONOMICS KNOWLEDGE SECTION I Fundamentals of Ergonomics: 95
• Design of Information Devices and Controls Toni Ivergard: 97
• Engineering Anthropometry Karl H E Kroemer: 139
• Occupational Biomechanics William S Marras: 167
• Human Strength Evaluation Karl H E Kroemer: 205
• Methods Based on Maximum Holding Time for Evaluation of Working Postures Marjolein Douwes Mathilde C Miedema and J Dul: 235
• Low Level Static Exertions Gisela Sjøgaard and Bente Rona Jensen: 247
• Job Demands and Physical Fitness Veikko Louhevaara: 261
• Psychosocial Work Factors Pascale Carayon and SooYee Lim: 275
• Cognitive Factors Philip J Smith: 285
• Task Analysis Anand Gramopadhye and Jatin Thaker: 297
• A ComputerBased Tool for Practical Ergonomic Job Analysis: 331
• Job or Task Analysis for Risk Factors of Musculoskeletal Disorders: 345
• Job Design and Worker Selection: 375
• PushPull Force Limits Sheik N Imrhan: 407
• Force Exertion in UserProduct Interaction Brechtje J Daams: 421
• Rapid Upper Limb Assessment RULA E N Corlett: 437
• Ergonomics of Hand Tools Andris Freivalds: 461
• ComputerAided Design and Human Models J Mark Porter: 479
• A Guide to Computer Software for Ergonomics Jari Järvinen: 501
• Physiological Instrumentation Danuta Koradecka and J Bugajska: 525
• VideoBased Measurements of Human Movement Peter M Quesada: 549
• Force Dynamometers and Accelerometers Robert G Radwin: 565
• Human and System Reliability Analysis Joseph Sharit: 601
• Some Developments in Human Reliability Assessment Barry Kirwan: 643
• A ComputerBased System for Development: 667
• Managing the SpeedAccuracy TradeOff Colin G Drury: 677
• Receiver Characteristics in Safety Communications Stephen L Young: 693
• Design of Industrial Warnings David R Clark Susan A H Benysh: 707
• Ergonomics Methods in the Design of Consumer Products Neville: 741
• MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS: 761
• Integrated Analysis of Upper Extremity Disorders Richard Wells: 775
• Biomechanical Aspects of CTDs Richard W Marklin: 795
• Occupational Risk Factors for Shoulder Disorders Eira ViikariJuntura: 833
• Design and Evaluation Robert G Radwin: 851
• Gloves Ram Bishu and A Muralidhar: 865
• Industrial Mats JungYong Kim: 877
• Ergonomic Principles Applied to the Prevention of Injuries to: 887
• Ergonomics of the Foot Stephan Konz: 895
• Epidemiology of Back Pain in Industry Gunnar B J Andersson: 913
• Static Biomechanical Modeling in Manual Lifting Don B Chaffin: 933
• Theory and Relevance in Assisting: 945
• Quantitative Assessment of Trunk Performance Mohamad Parnianpour: 985
• Perspective on Industrial Low Back Pain Malcolm H Pope and Donald: 1007
• Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation Thomas R Waters and Vern: 1037
• A PopulationBased Load Threshold Limit LTL for Manual Lifting: 1063
• Occupational Low Back Disorder Risk Assessment Using the Lumbar: 1075
• Psychophysical Basis: 1101
• The Relative Importance of Biomechanical and Psychosocial Factors: 1127
• FallRelated Occupational Injuries Stephen N Robinovitch: 1139
• ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS: 1187
• Fundamentals of Surveillance for WorkRelated: 1201
• OSHA Recordkeeping Stephen J Morrissey: 1227
• Body Discomfort Assessment Tools Leon M Straker: 1239
• Medical Management of Workrelated Musculoskeletal Disorders: 1257
• Charles K Anderson: 1291
• Assessment of Worker Functional Capacities Glenda L Key: 1321
• More Data Same: 1353
• The Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Sickness Absence: 1373
• Upper Extremity Support Carolyn M Sommerich: 1395
• ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN: 1409
• A Participatory Method to Improve Ergonomics and Safety: 1431
• Application of Ergonomics to Continuous: 1447
• Corporate Cost Avoidance Using Sound Ergonomics Technology: 1461
• Economic Analysis of Ergonomics Programs Carolyn M Sommerich: 1475
• Economic Justification of the Ergonomics Process David C Alexander: 1495
• Economic Aiding and EconomicErgonomic Interactions in Design: 1519
• A Corporate Perspective: 1545
• Success Factors for Industrial Ergonomics Programs David C: 1561
• Elements of the Ergonomics Process Åsa Kilbom and Nils F Petersson: 1575
• A Large Industry Perspective Bradley: 1583
• A SmallIndustry Perspective: 1613
• The Role of Ergonomics Training in Industry Marilyn Joyce: 1631
• Training Issues in Industrial Ergonomics Richard J Koubek: 1641
• Auditory Effects Measurement Regulations: 1683
• Vibrometry Donald E Wasserman and David G Wilder: 1693
• The Foundational Case: 1707
• Work Shift Usability Testing Donald I Tepas: 1741
• ERGONOMICS AND THE WORKING: 1759
• Giovanni Molteni: 1779
• Seating and Posture in VDT Work Antonio Grieco: 1793
• Psychosocial Factors and Musculoskeletal Disorders: 1813
• Methodology: 1821
• A New ConsumerOriented Technology: 1837
• Design for Human Assembly DHA Martin G Helander: 1849
• Human Factors in Agile Manufacturing Chris Forsythe and Eric Grose: 1867
• Occupational Safety in Robotics Mansour Rahimi: 1881
• Ergonomics Issues in Mining Sean Gallagher: 1893
• Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Industry Juraj Sinay: 1917
• Ergonomics in Health Care Organizations Roger C Jensen: 1949
• Ergonomics Efforts in Package Delivery Industry Steven W Thompson: 1961
• Ergonomics in the Construction Industry Scott P Schneider: 1967
• Ergonomics Issues in Air Traffic Management Karol Kerns: 1979
• Author Index: 2007
• Subject Index: 2043

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook; The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook, Second Edition
• Editors: Waldemar Karwowski, William S. Marras
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: CRC Press, 1998
• ISBN: 0849326419, 9780849326417
• Length: 2088 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / General; Technology & Engineering / Industrial Health & Safety