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Document ID (ISN)22302
CIS number 75-257
ISSN - Serial title Gigiena truda i professional'nye zabolevanija
Year 1974
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Anan'ev B.V.
Title Physiological study for rational planning of the work of checkers/sorters in the printing industry
Original title Fiziologičeskoe obosnovanie racionalizacii trudovogo processa kontrolera-sortirovoščika v poligrafičeskoj promyšlennosti [in Russian]
Bibliographic information Apr. 1974, No.4, p.5-9. Illus. 6 ref.
Abstract Study of working conditions of bindery assistants checking and sorting high-quality paper, who constitute almost one-third of the labour force of a highly mechanised industry: visual tasks of great precision, manual work characterised by very many multifarious small movements with the fingers of both hands, extreme demands on the neuromuscular system. Physiological and ergonomic examinations performed on a large number of bindery assistants showed that muscualr strength, endurance, working capacity and the bioelectric activity of the muscles involved diminish during the workshift. Improvements proposed: air conditioning, higher illumination level, sound damping shields, functional furniture.
Descriptors (primary) printing industry; bookbinding; work design; hand sorting; ergonomics
Descriptors (secondary) workplace design; repetitive work; work study; dynamic muscular work; health engineering; visual tasks
Document type -
Subject(s) Paper-making and printing
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Printing, photography and photocopying industry
Ergonomics