I am doing an ergonomic risk assessment in small scale industries to find out the risk levels for WRMSD. First I began with nordic or cornell msd questionnaire, then want to use various ergonomic assessment tools.
How should I proceed?
Hi,
I suggest you the use of these international standards:
- ISO 11228-1:2003 "Ergonomics -- Manual handling -- Part 1: Lifting and carrying" (http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=26520)
- ISO 11228-2:2007 "Ergonomics -- Manual handling -- Part 2: Pushing and pulling" (http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=26521)
- ISO 11228-3:2007 "Ergonomics -- Manual handling -- Part 3: Handling of low loads at high frequency" (http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=26522)
You can read the my article "Assessment of biomechanical risk at work: practical approaches and tools".
Bye,
Filippo
I have used the RULA/REBA assessment for workstation assessment and also for job tasks in an automobile shop. I found it easy and simple to use.
As has been stated by our colleagues, there are a lot of methods and criteria to assess the risk related to biomechanical overload. The choice of method should take different criteria into account: epidemiologic validation, risk factors considered, precision, time spent, and the effort of implementation, among others.
A useful, systematic evaluation of these methods can be found at the following link - http://web.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=03553140&AN=47761362&h=4Poblm%2bL4GM23EjkPXLCLXPuEOb%2fbAZgJAvAq7x5P3a8nVL3wfnyi%2fgyKNpO4qYUNVNkoGdbMuD1FCx0%2fUa97A%3d%3d&crl=c
But you should consider that the practitioner would need prior training to apply these methods in a reliable way.
Speaking of small companies, my recommendation is to start applying the "quick assessment method" proposed in the new ISO document "ISO TR 12295". It was published in 2014.
I hope you find these references helpful.
Best regards
as an Occupational therapist I have successfully assessed my patients using RULA and REBA assessment scale. they are easy and user friendly . With time and finance constraint able to pinpoint easily and provide solutions for biomechanical overloads.
I agree with Enrique, and I think that today the Takala et al reference is the most complete analysis.
Our group developed a new method for no-experts: ERIN, the reference is: http://content.iospress.com/articles/occupational-ergonomics/oer00210
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