1st Edition

Contemporary Ergonomics 2009 Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Ergonomics 2009

Edited By Philip D. Bust Copyright 2009
    556 Pages
    by Taylor & Francis

    556 Pages
    by Taylor & Francis

    Presenting the Proceedings of the Ergonomics Society's annual conference, the series embraces the wide range of topics covered by ergonomics. Individual papers, peer reviewed for the first time, provide insight into current practice, present new research findings and form an invaluable reference source. A wide range of topics are covered in these proceedings, including Ergonomics, Human Factors and User-Centred Design. It also features related disciplines such as Psychology, Engineering and Physiology. Particular emphasis is given to the utility of these disciplines in improving health, safety, efficiency and productivity.

    The 2009 Annual Conference features the following themes:

    Accessibility; Complex Systems; Design; Hazards; Health Ergonomics and Patient Safety; Human Advisory; Human Error/Accidents; Human Factors Integration; Inspection; Methods and Tools; Primary Industries; Road Ergonomics; Schools; Strategic Ergonomics; Transport; Working People.

    Contemporary Ergonomics will appeal to all those who are concerned with the interaction of people with their working and leisure environment — including designers, manufacturing and production engineers, health and safety specialists, occupational, applied and industrial psychologists and applied physiologists.

    Preface

    PLENARY SPEAKERS

    Inspection: From goods through passengers to systems
    C.G. Drury

    Business ergonomics beyond health and safety: Work environments for employee productivity, creativity and innovation
    J. Dul

    Occupational safety: Charting the future
    Y.I. Noy

    Ergonomics and public health
    P. Buckle

    Human factors and development of next generation collaborative engineering
    J.R. Wilson, H. Patel & M. Pettitt


    ACCESSIBILITY

    A design ergonomics approach to accessibility and user needs in transport
    R. Marshall, D.E. Gyi, K. Case, J.M. Porter, R.E. Sims, S.J. Summerskill & P.M. Davis

    Development of tools for reducing the stress of using public transport
    P.M. Davis, R. Marshall, K. Case, J.M. Porter, D.E. Gyi, S.J. Summerskill & R.E. Sims

    Validation of the HADRIAN system with a train station design case study
    S.J. Summerskill, R. Marshall, D.E. Gyi, J.M. Porter, K. Case, R.E. Sims & P.M. Davis


    COMPLEX SYSTEMS

    A software tool for evaluating the effects of culture on military operations
    A. Hodgson & C.E. Siemieniuch

    Decision-making after the product-service shift and some implications for ergonomics
    E.M. Molloy, M.A. Sinclair & C.E. Siemieniuch

    Governance, agility and wisdom in the capability paradigm
    M.A. Sinclair, M.J.D. Henshaw, R.A. Haslam, C.E. Siemieniuch, J.L. Evans & E.M. Molloy


    DESIGN

    The role of ergonomics in technology oriented projects; the intelligent zero emissions vehicle project
    A. Woodcock & J. Taylor

    Research and policy development into scooter access onto London buses
    S. Thomas


    HAZARDS

    Study of verbal communication between nuclear plant control room operators during abnormal situations
    A.N. Anokhin & N.V. Pleshakova

    …It’s the way that you do it: Ensuring rule compliance
    J. Berman, P. Ackroyd & P. Leach


    HEALTH ERGONOMICS AND PATIENT SAFETY

    Public requirements for patient-held records
    J. Binnersley, A. Woodcock, P. Kyriacou & L.M. Wallace

    Systems analysis for infection control in acute hospitals
    P.E. Waterson

    Portable pods: Design for unscheduled (urgent) care in the community
    S. Hignett, A. Jones & J. Benger

    Using usability testing as a benchmarking tool – A case study on medical ventilators
    Y. Liu & A. OsvalderContents VII

    Does the older workforce with high work demands need more recovery from work
    J.J. Devereux & L.W. Rydstedt


    HUMAN ADVISORY

    The role of the human in future systems – Considerations and concerns
    M.S.Young

    Automation and technology in 21st century work and life
    S. Sharples

    Vigilance and human supervisory control – A potted history
    J.M. Noyes


    HUMAN ERROR/ACCIDENTS

    Unpacking the blunt end – Changing our view of organizational accidents
    B.M. Sherwood Jones

    Lessons from the past to give to the future: Learning from incidents
    S. Evans

    The development of HSL’s safety climate tool – A revision of the health and safety climate survey tool
    C. Sugden, M. Marshall, S. Binch & D. Bottomley


    HUMAN FACTORS INTEGRATION

    Reporting location and environmental features when using metal detector or probe in a simplified mine detection task
    R.J. Houghton, C. Baber & J.F. Knight

    Predictive Operational Performance (PrOPer) model
    K.T. Smith

    Distributed situation awareness: Applications and implications in defence
    P.M. Salmon, N.A. Stanton, G.H. Walker & D.P. Jenkins

    Human factors models of mini unmanned aerial systems in network-enabled capability
    C. Baber, M. Grandt & R.J. Houghton

    Human factors past and present
    W.I. Hamilton

    Ergonomics challenges for digitisation of mission planning systems
    N.A. Stanton, G.H. Walker, D.P. Jenkins & P.M. Salmon

    Human-centered design focus in systems engineering analysis: Human view methodology
    R.J. Smillie & H.A.H. Handley

    Submarine safety and spatial awareness: The subsafe games-based training system
    R.J. Stone & A. Caird-Daley

    Criteria for assessing social and organisational impacts of emerging technologies
    P. Sirett, R. Braithwaite, R. Cousens, J. Marsh & M. Mason


    INSPECTION

    Animating the inanimate: Visual inspection from the medical to the security domains
    A. Gale

    Inspecting for safety hazards
    K. Woodcock

    Recent advances in technology to improve inspection training
    A. Gramopadhye, P. Stringfellow & S. Sadasivan

    Using body discomfort correlations to assist in ergonomic inspections of computer users
    P. Stringfellow & A. Gramopadhye

    One year later: How screener performance improves in X-ray luggage search with computer-based training
    A. Schwaninger & A.W.J. Wales


    METHODS AND TOOLS

    The hexagon-spindle model for ergonomics
    R. Benedyk & A. Woodcock


    PRIMARY INDUSTRIES

    A biomechanics workload assessment of female milking parlour operatives
    M. Jakob, F. Liebers & S. Behrendt

    Swedish perspectives on ergonomics in the primary sector
    P. Lundqvist


    ROAD ERGONOMICS

    A 50-driver naturalistic braking study: Overview and first results
    N. Gkikas, J.H. Richardson & J.R. Hill

    Motorcycle ergonomics: Some key themes in research
    S. Robertson, A.W. Stedmon, P.D. Bust & D.M. Stedmon

    Keeping it real or faking it: The trials and tribulations of real road studies and simulators in transport research
    A.W. Stedmon, M.S.Young & B. Hasseldine


    SCHOOLS

    Pupil involvement in classroom (re)design: Participatory ergonomics in policy and practice
    A. Woodcock, J. Horton, O. den Besten, P. Kraft, M. Newman, P. Adey & M. Kinross

    Results from a post-occupancy evaluation of five primary schools
    M. Newman, A. Woodcock & P. Dunham


    STRATEGIC ERGONOMICS

    Repositioning human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) – Raising high hazard industry understanding and commitment to HF/E
    D. Pennie, M. Wright & P. Mullins

    Ergonomics for engineers
    P.J. Clarkson

    The trials and tribulations of trying to apply ergonomics in the real world
    M. Kenwright & D. Pennie


    TRANSPORT

    A preliminary investigation of a low-cost method for prediciting the disruption of glances towards in-vehicle information systems
    A. Irune & G.E. Burnett

    The effective management of user requirements and human factors issues
    C. Munro & S.R. Layton


    WORKING PEOPLE

    Predicting the human response to an emergency
    G. Lawson, S. Sharples, S. Cobb & D. Clarke

    Human factors contributions to the design of a security promotion campaign: A case study
    A.E. Peron, B.F. Davies & S.R. Layton

    Author Index

    Biography

    Bust, Philip D.