Participatory ergonomics among female cashiers from a department store.
The objective of this paper was to control ergonomic risks among female cashiers working in a department store belonging to the retail market. This study was conducted between May and November 2010. Participatory ergonomics was applied through knowing and understanding how the company works, establi...
| Published in: | Work Vol. 41; pp. 2499 - 2506 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2012 Supplement
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104522935&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104522935 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10519815 3RC jtl: Work issn: 10519815 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2012 Supplement vid: 41 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 104522935 71928570 10.3233/wor-2012-0489-2499 104522935 ppf: 2499 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Participatory ergonomics among female cashiers from a department store. aug: au: Soares, Marcelo M. Jacobs, Karen Cristancho, María Yanire León affil: Unidad de Ergonomía, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile sug: subj: Musculoskeletal Diseases Etiology Ergonomics Methods Occupational-Related Injuries Task Performance and Analysis Business Female Human Chile Descriptive Statistics Female ab: The objective of this paper was to control ergonomic risks among female cashiers working in a department store belonging to the retail market. This study was conducted between May and November 2010. Participatory ergonomics was applied through knowing and understanding how the company works, establishing the work team (Ergo group), training the team in ergonomics-related topics, and making decisions and interventions. The sample was composed of 71participants -mostly female cashiers-, and all of them have a musculoskeletal compromise, declaring pain or discomfort mainly in the neck, lower back, right wrist and shoulders. Among others, following problems were found: postural overload, repetitive work, manual load handling, mental fatigue, environmental discomfort, variable work schedules, extended working days, and absence of breaks. In the intervention, the main implemented changes were the redesign of workstation, complete change of chairs and keyboards, and the implementation of a rotation system, as well breaks for compensatory exercises. After that, an evident improvement of found problems was observed, therefore it can be concluded that participatory ergonomics is an attractive methodology, appropriate and efficient for solving and controlling ergonomic risks and problems. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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