| Description |
1 online resource (241 pages) |
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Ergonomics design and management : theory and applications |
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Ergonomics design and management.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction and Aim -- Chapter 2 Reference Sources -- 2.1 Reference Sources for Studying Biomechanical Overload: Key Enters -- 2.1.1 Key Enters -- 2.1.2 Quick Assessment -- 2.1.3 Updates of ISO 11228-1 -- 2.2 Reference Sources for the Preliminary Study of Biological Risk -- 2.2.1 General Information Regarding Biological Agents -- 2.2.1.1 Bacteria -- 2.2.1.2 Viruses -- 2.2.1.3 Fungi -- 2.2.1.4 Parasites |
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2.2.2 European and Italian Legislation Concerning Exposure to Biological Agents -- 2.2.3 European Legislation Concerning the Prevention of Needle-Stick Injuries and Cuts in the Hospital and Healthcare Sector -- 2.2.4 Biological Agents in Manufacturing Sectors -- 2.2.5 Assessment of the Risk of Exposure to Biological Agents -- 2.2.6 Measures for Preventing Exposure to Biological Agents -- 2.2.7 Collective and Individual Protection Measures Against Biological Agents |
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2.3 Reference Sources for the Study of Work-Related Stress: Standards and Best Practices for the Preliminary Assessment, Management and Prevention of Risk -- 2.3.1 From the European Framework Agreement of 2004 to Italy's Legislative Decree 81/08 -- 2.3.2 Indicators Used in the Preliminary Assessment -- 2.3.3 Participation of Workers and Homogeneous Groups -- 2.3.4 Scientific Reference Sources on Work-Related Stress -- Chapter 3 Pre-mapping of Risk Factors for Occupational Health and Wellbeing: General Structure of ERGOCHECK -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 General Pre-mapping Model Utilizing ERGOCHECK |
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Chapter 4 First-Level Pre-Mapping: Key Enters and General Overview -- 4.1 Data Concerning the Company and the Homogeneous Group -- 4.2 Key Enters for Prioritizing the Evaluation of Biomechanical Overload -- 4.3 Key Questions for Identifying Lighting Problems -- 4.4 Key Questions for Identifying Issues Due to Exposure to UV Radiation (Solar or Welding) -- 4.5 Key Questions for Identifying Issues Related to Noise -- 4.6 Key Questions for Identifying Microclimate-Related Problems -- 4.7 Key Questions for Identifying Problems Arising from the Use of Equipment/Tools |
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4.8 Key Questions for Identifying Problems Related to Exposure to Vibrations -- 4.9 Key Questions for Identifying Problems Related to the Use of Machinery or Machine Parts -- 4.10 Key Enters for Identifying Problems Related to Pollutants (Chemical Agents, Particulate, Biological Agents) -- 4.11 Key Enters for Identifying Organizational Problems and Work-Related Stress -- Chapter 5 Second-Level Pre-Mapping (Quick Assessment) for Studying Biomechanical Overload -- 5.1 Analysis of the Upper Limbs in the Presence of Repetitive Movements -- 5.2 Quick Assessment of Manual Load Lifting |
| Summary |
One of the latest developments being pursued by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international organizations (ILO, ISO), in relation to preventing work-related diseases and disorders, concerns the creation of "toolkits" and, within them, of simple tools. This book suggests a methodology and a comprehensive simple tool (ERGOCHECK, downloadable for free from the website www.epmresearch.org) for bringing together various potential risk factors to undertake a preliminary mapping of discomfort/danger in the workplaces and to assess consequent priorities for prevention, especially (but not only) in small and very small businesses. The tool is primarily designed to be used by employers, OSH (Occupational Health and Safety) operators and trade union representatives, but it may also be useful for occupational medical staff conducting periodical inspections and drafting health surveillance protocols, and for supervisory bodies (labor inspectors) conducting inspections in the workplace needing to rapidly detect potentially dangerous situations requiring specific preventive interventions. Daniela Colombini is a certified European ergonomist and a senior researcher at the Research Unit Ergonomics of Posture and Movement, Milan, where she developed methods for the analysis, evaluation and management of risk and damage from occupational biomechanical overload. She was a professor at the School of Specialization in Occupational Medicine in University of Milan and University of Florence. She is the coauthor of the OCRA method (EN 1005-5 standard and ISO 11228-3). She is the founder and president of the EPM International Ergonomics School (EPMIES). She has been working with accredited native teachers in countries such as the USA, France, India, Spain, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Brazil and other South American countries. She is a member of the Ergonomics Committee of UNI working in the international commissions of European Committee for Normalization (CEN) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Enrico Occhipinti is a certified European ergonomist. He is a professor at the School of Specialization in Occupational Medicine in University of Milano, and the director of the Research Unit Ergonomics of Posture and Movement (EPM) at Fondazione Don Gnocchi ONLUS-Milano. He developed and coauthored the OCRA method. He is a member and has been a coordinator (up to 2012) of the Technical Committee on Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), and represents Italy in international commissions of the CEN and the ISO dealing with ergonomics and biomechanics |
| Notes |
"This book was previously published in Italian entitled, 'ERGOCHECK un metodo per la mappatura preliminare dei fattori di rischio per la salute e il benessere al lavoro. Strumento, modalità di uso, esempi applicative.' By Daniela Colombini, Enrico Occhipinti No 1125, 2019; published by Dossier Ambiente, Milano, Italy." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English and Italian |
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Description based on print version record |
| SUBJECT |
ErgoCheck. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2020002417
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| Subject |
Industrial safety -- Data processing
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Work environment -- Case studies -- Data processing
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Risk assessment -- Data processing
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Industrial hygiene -- Data processing
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Employees -- Health risk assessment -- Data processing
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Lists -- Data processing
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TECHNOLOGY -- Industrial Health & Safety.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Work-Related Health.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Safety.
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Industrial hygiene -- Data processing.
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Industrial safety -- Data processing.
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Risk assessment -- Data processing.
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Work environment.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Colombini, Daniela, editor
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Occhipinti, Enrico, editor
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| ISBN |
1000045374 |
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9781000045376 |
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0429281552 |
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9780429281556 |
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9781000045383 |
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1000045382 |
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9781000045390 |
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1000045390 |
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