Interventions, Controls, and Applications in Occupational Ergonomics
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Completely revised and updated, taking the scientific rigor to a whole new level, the second edition of the Occupational Ergonomics Handbook is now available in two volumes. This new organization demonstrates the enormous amount of advances that have occurred in the field since the publication of the first edition. The editors have brought together researchers from a wide range of disciplines with pioneering practitioners in industry to cover a diverse list of ergonomics topics. The second edition not only provides more information but makes it more accessible. Each individual volume narrows the focus while broadening the coverage, supplying immediate access to important information. One of the most comprehensive sources for ergonomic knowledge available, providing both sound theory and practical examples, this book is a valuable resource for anyone in the field.
Interventions, Controls, and Applications in Occupational Ergonomics begins with descriptions of the elements of the ergonomics processes, including success factors for implementation of industrial ergonomics programs. It includes coverage of injury surveillance database systems and corporate health management for the design and evaluation of health in industrial organizations, ergonomics processes from the small and large industry perspectives, and human digital modeling, as well as facilities planning and organizational design and macro-ergonomics. Additional chapters present methods and techniques for engineering control, including tried and true strategies and pitfalls to avoid, and discuss the theory and practice of ergonomics interventions in the workplace.
Using this information as a cornerstone, the book addresses the issues of medical management of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, systems approach to rehabilitation, wrist splints, and application of the clinical lumbar motion monitor. It provides an overview of best practices for ergonomics intervention with respect to the design and use of chairs and office furniture, as well as design of computer keyboards and notebook computers. The book closes with discussions of the problem of medical errors, the challenge and rewards of applying ergonomics in developing areas, and the future of human work.
Table of Contents
ERGONOMICS PROCESSES
Elements of the Ergonomic Process, Å. Kilbom and N.F. Petersson
Success Factors for Industrial Ergonomics Programs, D.C. Alexander and G.B. Orr
Practical Interventions in Industry Using Participatory Approaches, B. Silverstein, P. Spielholz, and E. Carcamo
OSHA Recordkeeping, D.J. Cochran
Psychosocial Work Factors, P. Carayon and S.-Y Lim
SURVEILLANCE
Injury Surveillance Database Systems, C. Stuart-Buttle
Corporate Health Management: Designing and Evaluating Health in Organizations, K.J. Zink and M.J. Thul
INDUSTRIAL PROCESS APPLICATIONS
Ergonomics Process in Small Industry, C. Stuart-Buttle
An Ergonomics Process: A Large Industry Perspective, B.S. Joseph and S. Evans
UPSTREAM ERGONOMICS
Digital Human Modeling for Computer-Aided Ergonomics, X. Zhang and D.B. Chaffin
Design for Ergonomics: Facilities Planning, S. Konz
Organizational Design and Macroergonomics, B.M. Kleiner
ENGINEERING CONTROLS
Engineering Controls - What Works and What Does Not, C. Hamrick
General Knowledge Regarding Engineering Controls, R.W. Marklin
Design and Evaluation of Handtools, R.G. Radwin
Low Back Disorders: General Solutions, C. Stuart-Buttle
Ergonomic Assist and Safety Equipment - An Overview, G. Buer
Gloves, R.R. Bishu, V. Gnaneswaran, and A. Muralidhar
Wrist and Arm Supports, C.M. Sommerich
Lower Extremity Supports, K.E.K. Lewis
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS
Administrative Controls as an Ergonomic Intervention, J.M. Deeb
Worker Selection for Physically Demanding Jobs, V. Louhevaara, J. Smolander, and A. Ropponen
Training Lifting Techniques, S.A. Lavender
Secondary Intervention for Low Back Pain, S.H. Snook
Psychosocial Characteristics of Work as Targets for Change, C.A. Heaney and Kaori Fujishiro
Assessment of Worker Functional Capacities, G.L. Key
Physical Ability Testing for Employment Decision Purposes, C.K. Anderson
Human Resources Management, T.J. Slavin
Workday Length and Shiftwork Issues, P. Knauth
Back Belts, S.M. McGill
Job Rotation, D. Rodrick, W. Karwowski, and P.M. Quesada
Epidemiology of Upper Extremity Disorders, B. Evanoff and D. Rempel
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT
Medical Management of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, T. Hales and P. Bertsche
Systems Approach to Rehabilitation, A.E. Barr
Postinjury Rehabilitation Management, T.G. Mayer, R.J. Gatchel, S. Porter, and B.R. Theodore
Wrist Splints, C.M. Sommerich
Clinical Lumbar Motion Monitor, S.A. Ferguson and W.S. Marras
ERGONOMIC INDUSTRIAL INTERVENTIONS
Chairs and Furniture, M.J. Dainoff
The Computer Keyboard System Design, J. Dennerlein
Intervention for Notebook Computers, C.M. Sommerich
Meatpacking Operations, S.L. Johnson
Poultry Processing, C. Stuart-Buttle
Working in Unusual or Restricted Postures, S. Gallagher
Agriculture, F.A. Fathallah, J.M. Meyers, L.J. Chapman, and B.-T. Karsh
Grocery Distribution Centers, M.J. Jorgensen, W.S. Marras, W.G. Allread, and C. Stuart-Buttle
Patient Handling in Health Care, A. Nelson
Prevention of Medical Errors, M.S. Bogner
Bakery: Cake Decorating Process, C.M. Sommerich, S.A. Lavender, A. Asmus, A.-M. Chany, J. Parakkat, and G. Yang
Furniture Manufacturing Industry, G. Mirka
General Construction, S.F. Hecker, J. Hess, L. Kincl, and S.P. Schneider
Introducing Ergonomics to Developing Countries, D. Caple
The Future of Work and an Ergonomics Response, C.G. Drury
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