Ergonomic analysis and the need for its integration for planning and assessing construction tasks

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1370-1376

  Inyang, Ndukeabasi ^a   Al Hussein, Mohamed ^a   El Rich, Marwan ^a   Al Jibouri, Saad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction costs; Construction industry; Construction tasks; Ergonomic analysis; Occupational safety; Productivity; Work related musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONTACT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; ERGONOMIC ANALYSIS; ERGONOMIC ASSESSMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY PRACTICES; STATIC FORCES; WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASES; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PRODUCTIVITY;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 84870878229     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000556     Document Type: Article

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