A System Proposal for Monitoring Ergonomic Risks at Workstations in a Manufacturing Company

Abstract

AbstractIn every industry, managing costs and increasing productivity and quality at the same time is one of the important goals. For this purpose, companies today pay attention to the workers’ health by focusing more on ergonomic risk assessments and improvements and trying to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders in every part of the workplace. In most industrial workplaces, there is a shortage of resources for ergonomic improvements and a lack of attention to ergonomic issues because the production concern is at the forefront and this causes a high rate of occupational diseases. This results in less productivity and higher costs in long term. There are different examples of expert systems or software around the world established to be used for ergonomic assessments and risk monitoring, and it is critical to develop and use the most appropriate system for risk assessment and operator assignment to reach the best results in terms of productivity and minimization of occupational diseases. It also saves time compared to manual tracking and assignment processes as it is faster through software and helps prevent wastage of paper in most cases.KeywordsErgonomicsREBAExpert systemRisk assessment