Mechanical exposure implications of rationalization: A comparison of two flow strategies in a Swedish manufacturing plant

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1110-1121

  Palmerud, Gunnar ^a   Forsman, Mikael ^b,c   Neumann, W Patrick ^d   Winkel, Jörgen ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assembly work; Production system design; Simulation modelling; Task level exposure analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; METAL DRAWING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; VIDEO RECORDING;

ASSEMBLY WORKS; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; MANUFACTURING PLANT; MECHANICAL EXPOSURE; PRODUCTION STRATEGY; PRODUCTION SYSTEM DESIGNS; TASK LEVEL EXPOSURE ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL MEASUREMENTS;

ASSEMBLY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY REGIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRY; MACHINE; MALE; MANUFACTURING PLANT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SHIFT WORKER; VELOCITY; WRIST FLEXION;

EID: 84863779270     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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