What is it about?
Ergonomic interventions may reduce musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), but the context of industries (barriers, ever-changing situations, dialogue processes) affect the intervention success . This study evaluates ergonomic interventions effectiveness considering engineering/technical and organizational interventions, and stakeholder involvement in reducing musculoskeletal risk factors/symptoms.
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Why is it important?
This study showed that a combination of ergonomic measures—engineering and organizational interventions—could reduce physical workloads. Musculoskeletal symptoms decreased after interventions although the difference was not significant.
Perspectives
Involving stakeholders (describing ergonomic study results during multiple meetings to encourage involvement (managers, engineers, and operators) was integral to this study. Multi-factoral elements reduced physical workloads in this case, decreasing musculskeletal symptoms somewhat. Although several years old, this study continues to generate citations.
Nancy Black
Universite de Moncton
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This page is a summary of: Ergonomics interventions to reduce musculoskeletal risk factors in a truck manufacturing plant, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, January 2020, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2019.102896.
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