Postural implications of obtaining line-of-sight for seated operators of underground mining load-haul-dump vehicles

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-207

  Godwin, A ^a,c   Eger, T ^a   Salmoni, A ^b   Grenier, S ^a   Dunn, P ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINE CARS; PERSONNEL; SEATS; UNDERGROUND MINE TRANSPORTATION; VISION;

LINE-OF-SIGHT; POSTURAL LOAD; VISUAL ATENTION;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MINING; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; ROTATION; SITTING; VISION; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; CANADA; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOTOR VEHICLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MINING; MOTOR VEHICLES; ONTARIO; POSTURE; ROTATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISION;

EID: 34249671621     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130600951970     Document Type: Article

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