IND
DUSTRIAL
L ERGONO
OMICS PRO
OCESS WO
ORKSHOP
Februa
ary 16-19, 2
2015
Reg
gister
This comprehensive workshop guides partic
cipants throug
gh each facet of the cyclic ergonomics p
process from basic
ergon
nomics principles through control development and workstation
w
d esign guidelin
nes.
A pra
actical approa
ach to controlling musculos
skeletal disord
ders in the wo
orkplace startts with an Erg
gonomics Prrogram and
Ergo
onomics Team
m. A detailed
d ergonomics
s process mus
st be in place in order to efffectively intro
oduce ergono
omics into the
e
workkplace. Partic
cipants are tau
ught the comp
ponents of su
uccessful ergo
onomics team
ms and ergono
omics programs to help
jump
p-start ergonomics initiative
es in their worrkplace.
The n
next step is id
dentifying the problem. Pa
articipants are
e taught how tto identify pro
oblem areas a
and use basicc job analysis
techn
niques to help
p Screen and
d Prioritize th
heir efforts. The
T Industrial Ergonomics Screening To
ool is presente
ed as a first
pass to identifying
g jobs with erg
gonomic risk in the workpla
ace. Many jo
obs require co
oncentrated evaluation effo
ort requiring
more
e in depth “deep-dive” analysis tools. Pa
articipants lea
arn how to se
elect and utilizze key Ergon
nomics Analy
ysis tools to
define workplace risk, evaluate
e hand/wrist in
ntensive tasks
s, and quantiffy manual ma
aterials handliing activities. Participants
are e
encouraged to
o bring videotapes of their own working environmentss as worksho
op exercises u
utilize videota
ape analysis,
allow
wing participan
nts to apply th
he techniques
s discussed. Hands-on wo
orkshops also
o help particip
pants hone their analysis
skillss. The analys
sis tools cove
ered include:
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Center Ind
dustrial Ergon
nomics Scree
ening Tool
NIOSH Lifting Equation
n and Compo
osite Lifting Index
Liberty Mu
utual Manual Material Han
ndling Tables
Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RU
ULA)
Strain Index
Muscle Fa
atigue Analys
sis
Particcipants underrstand the basics of each ergonomics
e
assessment
a
to
ool, memberss of the Ergon
nomics Center learn how to
o
effecctively utilize the Ergonomic
cs Center’s computer softw
ware tools (ed
dgar) for ergo
onomics analyysis. edgar a
aides the userr
with e
ergonomics analysis
a
tool selection
s
by guiding
g
the us
ser through an
n analysis patthway. edgarr analyses an
nswers give
clearr-cut results with
w color-coding (red-yellow-green) to fa
acilitate prioriitizing results.
e the analysis
s is performed
d, the ergonom
mics team should devise a plan to imple
ement Contro
rol Measures. Possibly
Once
the m
most pivotal sttage of an erg
gonomics pro
ocess is transfforming the re
ecommendations from con
ncept to realityy.
Work
kstation Des
sign guideline
es allow partic
cipants to dev
velop a solutio
on that is feassible, effective
e, and justifia
able.
Particcipants will em
mploy guidelines and spec
cifications to create
c
feasibl e solutions w
with the first ite
eration. The
Imple
ementation and
a Verificattion of solutio
ons and follow
w-up timeliness will also be discussed. S
Special contro
ol measures
for sp
pecific popula
ations, such as
a the aging workforce,
w
willl also be pressented. The E
Ergonomics C
Center's Indusstrial
Tech
hnology Show
wcase provide
es a hands-on
n introduction to potential ssolutions by a llowing particcipants to exp
plore
nume
erous ergonomics tools an
nd products.
f
8:00AM – 5:00PM Mo
onday through Thursday.
Classses are held from
00 for Profess
sional Membe
ers
Fee: $1800 / $140