Health, Safety and Ergonomics - Couverture rigide

Nicholson, A.S.; Ridd, J.E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0408023864 ISBN 13 : 9780408023863

Editeur : Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1988

Synopsis

Ergonomics is a relatively new discipline concerned with maximizing human efficiency, comfort and skill. It explores and optimizes the interactions between man, machine and the working environment, thus directly contributing to health and safety in the workplace. By referring to relevant themes and industrial situations, this book provides a discussion of the role ergonomics plays in the prevention of occupational ill-health and accidental injury at work, and its use as an aid to management decision-making on the design, construction and operation of plant and equipment and in the preparation of work systems. It also demonstrates that the quest for improved levels of occupational health and safety which utilize ergonomic principles can bring wider benefits by increasing human performance and morale.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Health, Safety and Ergonomics provides an account of the part ergonomics play in the improvement of working conditions. The book begins with the presentation of the advantages of ergonomics intervention. Subsequent chapters focus on the discussion of the principles, applications, and methods of ergonomics such as assessment and prediction of human reliability, hazard awareness and risk perception, and work-related musculo-skeletal disorders. Manufacturing automation, the cost of ergonomic limitations, and the direct benefit from ergonomics action on health and safety are elucidated as well. Ergonomics researchers, health and safety engineers, and production managers will find the book useful.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0408023864
• ISBN 13: 9780408023863
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible