| Document ID (ISN) | 101419 |
| CIS number |
03-469 |
| ISBN(s) |
2-551-21602-8 |
| Year |
2002 |
| Convention or series no. |
Etudes et recherches R-306
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| Author(s) |
St-Vincent M., Tellier C., Chicoine D., Laberge M., Lortie M., Fernandez J. |
| Title |
Comparison of the implementation of a participatory ergonomics approach and job analysis tools for varied tasks in two enterprises with different conditions |
| Original title |
Comparaison de l'implantation d'une démarche d'ergonomie participative et d'outils d'analyse du travail destinés aux tâches variées dans deux entreprises au contexte différent [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Institut de recherche en santé et en sécurité du travail du Québec (IRSST), 505 boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montreal (Quebec) H3A 3C2, Canada, July 2002. viii, 298p. Illus. 105 ref. Price: CAD 17.12 (paper version). |
| Internet access |
http://www.irsst.qc.ca/htmfr/pdf_txt/R-306.pdf [in French]
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| Abstract |
This study presents the results of implementing a participatory approach to the ergonomic analysis of various tasks in two enterprises, one having favourable conditions, the other unfavourable. In both enterprises, the ergonomics intervention team consisted of operators and technical specialists. The project had four objectives: reduce musculoskeletal disorders and safety hazards; validate an analytical approach developed for varied tasks having long cycles; analyse the problems encountered by the team members in order to better understand the ergonomics learning process in occupational settings; document trends in how ergonomic intervention team members perceived various factors that had been identified in prior studies as being key for the learning process. Findings were positive for the favourable enterprise but mixed in the case of the other. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational safety; plant safety organization; metalworking industry; ergonomics |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
safe layout; safety consciousness; work organization; report; equipment layout; safety by design; musculoskeletal diseases; premises; ergonomic evaluation; design of equipment; workers' participation; labour-management relations |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | Canada |
| Subject(s) |
Ergonomics and work organization
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
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| Browse category(ies) |
Metalworking industry
Ergonomics
Workers' participation
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