2nd Edition

The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook, Second Edition, Two Volume Set

    1872 Pages 200 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    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.

    Fundamental and Assessment Tools for Occupational Ergonomics introduces basic principles of ergonomics in system design and evaluation, as well as comprehensive approach to work related musculoskeletal disorders. This volume is a comprehensive source of theoretical ergonomics knowledge relevant to product and process quality, management of health and safety, and productivity in a variety of industries and businesses.

    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.

    Narrowing the focus while broadening the coverage, each individual volume supplies 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.

    Volume 1:
    FUNDAMENTALS OF ERGONOMICS
    A Guide to Certification in Professional Ergonomics, K. Rightmire and L.D.W. Jahns
    Epidemiological Review of Magnitude of Occupational Problems: Physical and Cognitive Issues, W.S. Marras
    Legal Issues in Occupational Ergonomics, G.A. Peters and Barbara J. Peters
    Cost Justification for Implementing Ergonomics Intervention: Applications, M. Oxenburgh
    Overview of Systems Theory - Humans in Work System Environment, H. Luczak, S. Hinrichsen, and S. Mütze-Niewöhner
    Human Factors and TQM, C.G. Drury
    User-Centered Design of Information Technology, V.K. Leonard, K.P. Moloney, and J. A. Jacko
    Application of Risk Theory in Man-Machine-Environment Systems, J. Sinay, H. Pac?aiová, M. Kopas, and M. Oravec
    Engineering Anthropometry: Designing to Fit the Human Body, K.H.E. Kroemer
    Human Strength Evaluation, K.H.E. Kroemer
    The Biomechanical Basis of Ergonomics Logic, W.S. Marras
    Fundamentals of Manual Control, M. Mulder, R. M.M. Van Paassen, J.M. Flach, and R.J. Jagacinski
    Cumulative Spine Loading: From Basic Science to Application, J.P. Callaghan
    Low-Level Static Exertions, G. Sjøgaard and B.R. Jensen
    Soft-Tissue Pathomechanics, R.G. Cutlip
    Pain and Injury: Mechanisms of Peripheral Sensation, CNS Nociception, Injury Biomechanics and Implications for Musculoskeletal Disorders, B.A. Winkelstein
    Ergonomics and Aging: Basic Issues and Implementation Strategies, D. Fisk, T.L. Mitzher, C.B. Mayhorn, and W.A. Rogers
    Vision and Work, J. Sheedy
    Individual Factors and Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Framework for their Consideration, D.C. Cole and I. Rivilis
    Basic Knowledge Behind Ergonomics: Rehabilitating Low Back Disorders, S.M. McGill
    Human Adaptation in the Workplace, A. Genaidy and S. Tuncel
    Rehabilitation Ergonomics, S.J. Isernhagen PT
    Basic Knowledge Behind Ergonomics: Visual, Tactile, and Multimodal Information Processing, N. Sarter
    Design as a Prediction Task: Applying Cognitive Psychology to System Development, P.J. Smith, R.B. Stone, and A.L. Spencer
    Basic Knowledge Behind Ergonomics - Tolerances and Variation: Mental and Personality, W.G. Allread
    Psychosocial Work Factors, P. Carayon and S.-Y. Lim
    Mechanical Considerations for Biomechanical Glenohumeral Joint Modeling, K. Gielo-Perczak
    Application of Ergonomic Knowledge to the Assessment of Low Back Risk, K. G. Davis, III
    Application of Basic Knowledge to the Human Body: Legs, S.A. Lavender
    Ergonomics of the Foot Leg, S. Konz
    Noise in Industry: Auditory Effects, Measurement, Regulations, and Management, J.G. Casali and G.S. Robinson
    Application of Basic Knowledge to the Human Body: Shiftwork, T.H. Monk
    Vibrometry, D.E. Wasserman and D.G. Wilder

    ASSESSMENT TOOLS
    Overview of Ergonomic Assessment, C. Hamrick
    Low Back Injury Risk Assessment Tools, G. Mirka and G. Shin
    Cognitive Task Analysis: A Review of Contemporary Methods and their Applicability to C4i Environments, P. Salmon, N. Stanton, G. Walker, and D. Green
    Subjective Scales of Effort and Workload Assessment, B. Sherehiy and W. Karwowski
    Rest Allowances, S. Konz
    Wrist Posture in Office Work, M. Fagarasanu and S. Kumar
    PLIBEL - A Method Assigned for Identification of Ergonomics Hazards, K. Kemmlert
    The ACGIH TLV® for Hand Activity Level, T.J. Armstrong
    REBA and RULA: Whole Body and Upper Limb Rapid Assessment Tools, S. Hignett and L. McAtamney
    An Assessment Technique for Postural Loading on the
    Upper Body (LUBA), D. Kee and W. Karwowski
    The Washington State SHARP Approach to Exposure Assessment: Methods in Epidemiological Studies of Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders, P. Spielholz
    Upper Extremity Analysis - Wrist, A. Freivalds
    Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation, T.R. Waters
    Psychophysical Approach to Task Analysis, P.G. Dempsey
    Static Biomechanical Modeling in Manual Lifting, D.B. Chaffin and C.B. Woolley
    Back Analysis: Industrial Lumbar Motion Monitor, W.S. Marras and W. Gary Allread
    Back Analysis: TLVs, W.S. Marras and C. Hamrick

    Volume 2:
    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
    Index

    Biography

    William S. Marras, Waldemar Karwowski

    "Practitioners of ergonomics, occupational safety and health and industrial hygiene will find … an excellent resource for a wide variety of issues in ergonomics compounded by modern changes in work methods brought about by rapid technological changes. …a most refreshing and welcome addition that will greatly provide an impetus for further evolution of the field of ergonomics."
    -Larry B. Nabatilan, Department of Construction Management and Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 2006

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