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Risk Assessment And Management Of Repetitive Movements And Exertions Of Upper Limbs » (CD-ROM)

Authors: Daniela Colombini, Peter Alding
ISBN-13: 9780080440804, ISBN-10: 0080440800
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Date Published: April 2002
Edition: CD-ROM

	Foreword
1	An introduction to ergonomics and the aim of this hand book	1
2	Musculoskeletal diseases due to biomechanical overload	7
3	Establishing the presence of risk and the subsequent means of intervention	19
4	The general model of exposure analysis: relevant definitions and their interaction with job analysis using the methods-time measurement (MTM) system	23
5	Work organization analysis: task analysis, cycle time and rest periods	31
6	Analysis of repetitiveness and frequency of action	43
7	Analysis and quantification of force using the Borg Scale	63
8	Analysis and evaluation of working postures	67
9	Definition and quantification of additional risk factors	83
10	Analysis and evaluation of recovery periods	87
11	Proposed concise index for the assessment of exposure to repetitive movements of the upper limbs (OCRA Index)	95
12	A check-list model for the quick evaluation of risk exposure (OCRA Index)	111
13	European technical standards in the ergonomics	119
14	Guidelines for designing jobs featuring repetitive tasks	137
15	A longitudinal study of workers with WMSDs after returning to a redesigned workstation: criteria for the return of workers to the workforce	163
	Essential References	179
	Addendum: Forms and Checklists	183