Evaluation of ergonomic risk factors and their impact on the health of workers in the maintenance workshop of internal combustion engines of a company providing oil services
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Keywords
Ergonomic risk, Engine maintenance, Manual lifting of loads, forced postures
Abstract
Muscle skeletal conditions caused by the lack of ergonomic work-related considerations are one of the most frequent diseases at the national and global levels, with ergonomic risks for workers in the combustion engine maintenance workshop being of vital importance and developing strategies to prevent and reduce its incidence.
With the aim of improving the working conditions of the workers of the oil service company, it decided to do an ergonomic evaluation of the internal combustion engine maintenance workshop in a quantitative way with the application of recognized and qualitative ergonomic methods through surveys. In order to detect ergonomic hazards in workers applying internationally recognized methods, the ergonomic risks were
determined and the evaluation was performed.
Thus, a risk assessment matrix from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health was used to determine the level of risk, the NIOSH method to evaluate the manual lifting of loads, ergonomic evaluation method REBA for the evaluation of forced postures during their work activity, the data obtained from ergonomic risk assessments indicate that it is essential an intervention in job activities to make improvements and prevent serious musculoskeletal conditions with the way of time.
With the aim of improving the working conditions of the workers of the oil service company, it decided to do an ergonomic evaluation of the internal combustion engine maintenance workshop in a quantitative way with the application of recognized and qualitative ergonomic methods through surveys. In order to detect ergonomic hazards in workers applying internationally recognized methods, the ergonomic risks were
determined and the evaluation was performed.
Thus, a risk assessment matrix from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health was used to determine the level of risk, the NIOSH method to evaluate the manual lifting of loads, ergonomic evaluation method REBA for the evaluation of forced postures during their work activity, the data obtained from ergonomic risk assessments indicate that it is essential an intervention in job activities to make improvements and prevent serious musculoskeletal conditions with the way of time.
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HU, Bo, et al. Predicting real-world ergonomic measurements by simulation in a virtual environment. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2011, vol. 41, no 1, p. 64-71.
ETHERTON, John R.; MYERS, Melvin L. Machine safety research at NIOSH and the future directions. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 1990, vol. 6, no 2, p. 163-174.
JONES, T.; KUMAR, S. Comparison of ergonomic risk assessments in a repetitive highrisk sawmill occupation: Saw-filer. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2007, vol. 37, no 9, p. 744-753.
BARROS, Rafaela Q.; MARÇAL, Márcio A.; SOARES, Marcelo M. Ergonomic Analysis of the job of assembly and maintenance in an electronic equipment company. Procedia Manufacturing, 2015, vol. 3, p. 6542-6549.
CHUNG, Min K.; KEE, Dohyung. Evaluation of lifting tasks frequently performed during fire brick manufacturing processes using NIOSH lifting equations. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2000, vol. 25, no 4, p. 423-433.
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MOTAMEDZADE, Majid, et al. Comparison of ergonomic risk assessment outputs from rapid entire body assessment and quick exposure check in an engine oil company. Journal of research in health sciences, 2011, vol. 11, no 1, p. 26-32.
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Evaluation of ergonomic risk factors and their impact on the health of workers in the maintenance workshop of internal combustion engines of a company providing oil services. bol.redipe [Internet]. 2017 Jun. 28 [cited 2024 Jul. 19];6(6):153-60. Available from: https://revista.redipe.org/index.php/1/article/view/254
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Cristian Espín, Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi CIYA Latacunga Ecuador.
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Evaluation of ergonomic risk factors and their impact on the health of workers in the maintenance workshop of internal combustion engines of a company providing oil services. bol.redipe [Internet]. 2017 Jun. 28 [cited 2024 Jul. 19];6(6):153-60. Available from: https://revista.redipe.org/index.php/1/article/view/254