Ergonomic Design of School Furniture: Challenges for the Portuguese Schools

Resumen

Construction is one of the largest industries in India, employing 7.6 million workers. or about 5% ofthe Indian work force. Construction workers face some of the most dangerous working conditions in the country on a daily basis. Ergonomic problem is common hazard and is one of the most common causes of injury at work. The accurate measurement of workers&s; exposure to the risk assessment of WMSDs has been of vital importance. Musculoskeletal system primarily concerns with dimensions, compositions & mass properties of body segments, and work related musculoskeletal disorder caused due to over exertion, adoption of asymmetric & awkward postures and unsupported positions used in task completion. Many MSDs are due to operations performed for a long period. can cause a lifetime of pain and disability. Therefore present investigation was planned to provide an objective measure of the MSD risk caused by construction work and to evaluate a job&s;s level of risk for developing a musculoskeletal disorder in 120 construction workers with the application of REJ3A (Rapid Entire J30dy Assessment) postural assessment technique. It was found from observation that approximately 6 % of workers were in the category of A LO indicating &s;negligible&s; risk level means no action is necessary Visual ergonomics is the investigation of human physical characteristics and limitations with respect to the environment as related to visual communications.

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Castellucci, I., Gonçalves, M. A., & Arezes, P. (2010). Ergonomic Design of School Furniture: Challenges for the Portuguese Schools. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/ebk1439835074-69