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  2. Ergonomics - Wikipedia

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    The term ergonomics (from the Greek ἔργον, meaning "work", and νόμος, meaning "natural law") first entered the modern lexicon when Polish scientist Wojciech Jastrzębowski used the word in his 1857 article Rys ergonomji czyli nauki o pracy, opartej na prawdach poczerpniętych z Nauki Przyrody (The Outline of Ergonomics; i.e. Science of Work, Based on the Truths Taken from the ...

  3. Ergonomic hazard - Wikipedia

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    Commonly, ergonomic issues can arise in an office setting. [12] [13] Many people who work in an office (either a home office or a formal office building) often spend hours sitting and working in the same position. Ergonomic considerations include chair and computer monitor height adjustment, lighting position, break frequency, and chair design ...

  4. Ergonomics for manual material handling - Wikipedia

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    In general, ergonomic improvements are changes made to improve the fit between the demands of work tasks and the capabilities of your workers. There are usually many options for improving a particular manual handling task. It is up to you to make informed choices about which improvements will work best for particular tasks.

  5. Engineering psychology - Wikipedia

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    [3] The field of ergonomics is based on scientific studies of ordinary people in work situations and is applied to the design of processes and machines, to the layout of work places, to methods of work, and to the control of the physical environment, in order to achieve greater efficiency of both men and machines [7] An example of an ergonomics ...

  6. Cognitive ergonomics - Wikipedia

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    It aims to ensure there is an appropriate interaction between human factors and processes that can be done throughout everyday life. [3] This would include everyday life such as work tasks. Some cognitive ergonomics aims are: diagnosis, workload, situation awareness, decision making, and planning. CE is used to describe how work affects the ...

  7. Neuroergonomics - Wikipedia

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    Neuroergonomics is the application of neuroscience to ergonomics. Traditional ergonomic studies rely predominantly on psychological explanations to address human factors issues such as: work performance, operational safety, and workplace-related risks (e.g., repetitive stress injuries). Neuroergonomics, in contrast, addresses the biological ...

  8. Principles of motion economy - Wikipedia

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    Even a temporary delay of work by a man or machine should not be encouraged. Machine should not run idle, it is not desirable that a lathe machine is running and its job is rotating but no cut is being taken. Two or more jobs should be worked upon at the same time or two or more operations should be carried out on a job simultaneously if possible.

  9. Manual handling of loads - Wikipedia

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    Getting a good nights sleep is critical to help employees reduce workplace injuries from manual material handling. Throughout the day, employees should incorporate breaks to allow for their muscles to rest and so that the employees can rehydrate and rest to prevent fatigue.