ERGOCHECK for a Preliminary Mapping of Risk at Work

Tools, Guidelines, and Applications
Herausgeber: Colombini, Daniela; Occhipinti, Enrico

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 workplace.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780367230098
• ISBN-10: 0367230097
• Artikelnr.: 59424630

Autorenporträt

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 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 founder and President of the EPM International Ergonomics School EPMIES. She has been working with accredited native teachers in countries such as USA, France, India, Spain, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Brazil and other South America Countries. She is a member of the Ergonomics Committee of UNI working in the international commissions of CEN and ISO. Enrico Occhipinti is a Certified European Ergonomist. He is professor at the School of Specialization in Occupational Medicine, University of Milano and director of the Research Unit Ergonomics of Posture and Movement (EPM) at Fondazione Don Gnocchi ONLUS-Milano. He developed and co-authored the OCRA method. He is a member and has been 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 European Committee for Normalization (CEN) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) dealing with ergonomics and biomechanics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgement. Editors. Contributors. 1. Introduction and Aim. 2. Reference Sources. 3. Pre
mapping of Risk Factors for Occupational Health and Wellbeing: General Structure of ERGOCHECK. 4. First
Level Pre
mapping: Key Enters and General Overview. 5. Second
Level Pre
mapping (Quick Assessment) for Studying Biomechanical Overload. 6. Second
Level Pre
mapping (Quick Assessment) for the Preliminary Study of Exposure to Chemical Agents and Particulate. 7. Second
Level Pre
mapping (Quick Assessment) for the Preliminary Study of Exposure to Biological Agents. 8. Second
Level Pre
mapping (Quick Assessment) for the Preliminary Evaluation of Work
Related Stress. 9. Summary of Pre
mapping Evaluations by Homogeneous Group and Manufacturing Unit. 10. Examples of ERGOCHECK Spreadsheets. 11. Using ERGOCHECK for Pre
mapping Risk: Application Examples. 12. Pre
mapping in an Agricultural Setting: Presentation of a Specific ERGOCHECK Model. 13. Conclusions. References. Index.