Enrique Alvarez-Casado
Main scientific consultant for the Centro de Ergonomía Aplicada (CENEA) from Barcelona.
Biography
Enrique is the main scientific consultant for the Centro de Ergonomía Aplicada (CENEA) from Barcelona.He holds a Ph.D. in Occupational Ergonomics from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He is an industrial engineer, master of ergonomics and master of occupational risk prevention.
He is member and professor at the EPM International Ergonomics School and president of the Catalan Ergonomics Association (CATERGO). He participates on the work groups of ISO and CEN for developing standards on occupational biomechanics.
Enrique is co-author of the Variable Lifting Index (VLI).
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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occupational ergonomics and risk assessment
Personal Interests
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travelling and sailing
Websites
Books
Articles
Variable lifting index (VLI): A new method for evaluating variable lifting task
Published: May 04, 2016 by Human Factors, December 8, 2015 0018720815612256.
Authors: T. Waters, E. Occhipinti, D. Colombini, E. Alvarez-Casado
Subjects:
Ergonomics & Human Factors
Objective: We seek to develop a new approach for analyzing the physical demands of highly variable lifting tasks through an adaptation of the Revised NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Lifting Equation (RNLE) into a Variable Lifting Index (VLI).
News
Next NIOSH course on Manual Lifting Assessment
By: Enrique Alvarez-Casado
Subjects: Ergonomics & Human Factors
Course Summary: Injury risk evaluation of lifting tasks involving job rotation, warehousing and small lot delivery operations based on the revised NIOSH lifting equation
Dates: September 26-27, 2016
Location: NIOSH Taft Laboratories, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cost: Free
Presenters: International Ergonomics School on Ergonomics of Postures and Movements (EPM), Centro de Ergonomia Aplicada (CENEA) and NIOSH
Attendees will learn how to use newly developed lifting index variables, based on the original RNLE, for analyzing manual lifting tasks involving job rotation, warehousing and small lot delivery operations. This course will introduce easy-to-use tools (a free Excel spread-sheet), aimed for personnel without strong ergonomic background. The course will be conducted by one NIOSH expert (Dr. Jack Lu), three internationally recognized ergonomists and researchers that developed and published with Dr. Tom Waters these new approaches about manual lifting risk assessment (profs. Daniela Colombini, Enrico Occhipinti and Enrique Alvarez-Casado), two corporate ergonomists (Dr. Bob Fox, General Motors; Marisol Barrero, Toyota).