ANALYSIS AND IMPROVEMENT OF WORK POSTURES IN THE BUILDING-INDUSTRY - APPLICATION OF THE COMPUTERIZED OWAS METHOD

被引：106

作者：

KIVI, P ^{[1
]}

MATTILA, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] TAMPERE UNIV,SF-33101 TAMPERE 10,FINLAND

来源：

APPLIED ERGONOMICS | 1991年 / 22卷 / 01期

关键词：

POSTURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; WORKLOAD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS;

D O I：

10.1016/0003-6870(91)90009-7

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Awkward work posture is associated with the development of musculo-skeletal disorders. Previous workplace investigations in new building construction have shown that physical work affects workers' health in 46% of jobs. There is, however, a need for detailed analysis of jobs having physical workload and ergonomics problems. OWAS (Ovako Working Posture Analysing System) is a simple observation method for postural analysis, but there has been no study of its use in the building construction industry. The work described here examined (a) the use of the OWAS method to analyse work postures in building construction, (b) the development of a portable computer system for the OWAS method, (c) improvement of work postures identified as poor, and (d) use of the results as part of the ergonomics training programme of the company. Suggestions for work redesign measures are given.

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页码：43 / 48

页数：6

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