Job rotation as a factor in reducing physical workload at a refuse collecting department

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1167-1178

  Kuijer, P Paul F M ^a   Visser, Bart ^a   Kemper, Han C G ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Job design; Job rotation; Manual materials handling; Physical workload; Refuse collecting

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; JOB ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERSONNEL; REFUSE COLLECTION;

ENERGETIC LOAD; JOB ROTATION; PERCEIVED LOAD; PHYSICAL WORKLOAD; POSTURAL LOAD; REFUSE COLLECTING DEPARTMENT;

SCHEDULING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032862305     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185054     Document Type: Article

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