Engineering Approach to Workspace Design: Issues for the Obese Workers - Softcover

Edem G. Tetteh; Niaz Latif

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639103963 ISBN 13: 9783639103960

Publisher: VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

Workspace design plays an important role in ensuring workers safety and welfare. The issue is more pressing in the manufacturing industry, where many workers must remain in a standing position, assume awkward postures, and perform repetitive tasks for extended periods of time. In this research, an electromyographic measurement technique was used to measure muscle activity on four back muscles: the trapezius p. descendenz, the deltoideus p. scapularis, the infraspinatus, and the latissimus dorsi. The results showed a statistically significant (p < 0.05) impact of left versus right side of the body, the degree of rotation to the right side of the body (0, 30 and 60 degrees rotation to the mid-saggital plane), BMI level: (normal weight: (< 25 kg/m²) versus overweight: (? 25 kg/m²), and tasks (high versus low frequency). In this study, the role that workers and workspace variation play is clearly associated with an increase in the amplitude of EMG at the targeted back muscles. Topics covered in this text include: . Manufacturing context issues . worker postures . Repetitive tasks . Muscle activity measurement . Body Mass Index (BMI)

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About the Author

Dr. Edem G. Tetteh is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Logistics Technology in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Virginia State University. He earned his Ph.D. from Purdue University.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639103963
• ISBN 13: 9783639103960
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292