Characteristics of forearm-hand exposure in relation to symptoms among automobile assembly line workers
✍ Scribed by Charlotte Fransson-Hall; Sven Byström; Asa Kilbom
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 645 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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✦ Synopsis
The aims of this paper are to present a new computerized observation method, HandPEO (portable ergonomic observation), which quantifies duration, frequency, and holding time of work operations and hand grips, and to measure the physical exposure of the forearm-hand among automobile assembly line workers by using HandPEO registrations of video recordings in simulated real-time.
Agreement between two recordings was testedfi)r.five subjects by calculating the proportion of specific intrarater agreement; it was approximately 70%,fi)r hand grips and 6 0 4 0 % for work operations.
Registrations were mode on Mwrk stations with high (HS) and low (LS) prevalence of symptoms. The major differences were longer holding times per operation and a larger proportion of power tool usage .for US.
The HandPEO method may be used to describe the chtrracteristics of the work studied and may serve as basis for job redesign. The results suggest an association berween holding time, certain work operations, and prevalence of symptoms. @ 1996 Wile.-Lrss. h c .