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is rapidly changing. Emerging technologies such as exoskeletons, wearable sensors, computer-vision, artificial intelligence, and virtual and augmented reality are being integrated into how companies & ergonomists provide services.

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About the Webinar:

The field of ergonomics is rapidly changing. Emerging technologies such as exoskeletons, wearable sensors, computer-vision, artificial intelligence, and virtual and augmented reality are being integrated into how companies & ergonomists provide services. From design, to training, to assessments, to solution implementation, these new technologies can help companies optimize business performance. This presentation will provide a "high-level" overview of this topic and will provide some insights into the future of our field of ergonomics (from a practitioners perspective).

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Emerging Technologies: The Future of Ergonomics

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The field of ergonomics is rapidly changing. Emerging technologies such as exoskeletons, wearable sensors, computer-vision, artificial intelligence, and virtual and augmented reality are being integrated into how companies & ergonomists provide services. From design, to training, to assessments, to solution implementation, these new technologies can help companies optimize business performance.

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Manufacturing, designing, and coming up with an idea for a product produces many drafts, tests, and prototypes for the final product to be given for public use. Often, these products pass series of tests mainly safety test, durability, or just overall quality and will determine the price of the product.

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considers the structures, policies and processes of any organization. The goal of organizational ergonomics is to achieve a harmonized system, taking into consideration the consequences of technology on human relationships, processes and organizations.

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7 1 6 Organizational Ergonomics and Human Centered Design

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is the field of study that focuses on how well the use of a product matches the cognitive capabilities of users. It draws on knowledge of human perception, mental processing, and memory. Rather than being a design discipline, it is a source of knowledge for designers to use as guidelines for ensuring good usability.

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focuses on injury prevention through design and evaluation of workplaces, including postures, manual tasks, and repetitive movements. In addition to reducing injuries, physical ergonomics also focuses on how to increase productivity and reduce quality issues and error.

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International Organization for Standardization is an independent, non-governmental, international organization that develops standards to ensure the quality, safety, and efficiency of products, services, and systems.

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https://www.ergonomics.com.au/what-is-ergonomics/

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Ergonomics is the process of designing or arranging workplaces, products and systems so that they fit the people who use them.

Most people have heard of ergonomics and think it is something to do with seating or with the design of car controls and instruments - and it is... but it is so much more. Ergonomics applies to the design of anything that involves people - workspaces, sports and leisure, health and safety.

Ergonomics (or 'human factors' as it is referred to in North America) is a branch of science that aims to learn about human abilities and limitations, and then apply this learning to improve people's interaction with products, systems and environments.

Ergonomics aims to improve workspaces and environments to minimise risk of injury or harm. So as technologies change, so too does the need to ensure that the tools we access for work, rest and play are designed for our body's requirements.

Why is Ergonomics important?

In the workplace: According to Safe Work Australia, the total economic cost of work-related injuries and illnesses is estimated to be $60 billion dollars. Recent research has shown that lower back pain is the world's most common work-related disability - affecting employees from offices, building sites and in the highest risk category, agriculture.

Ergonomics aims to create safe, comfortable and productive workspaces by bringing human abilities and limitations into the design of a workspace, including the individual's body size, strength, skill, speed, sensory abilities (vision, hearing), and even attitudes.

In the greater population: The number of people in Australia aged 75 and over is forecast to double over the next 50 years. With this, equipment, services and systems will need to be designed to accommodate the increasing needs of the ageing population, applying to public transport, building facilities, and living spaces.

How does Ergonomics work?

Ergonomics is a relatively new branch of science which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1999, but relies on research carried out in many other older, established scientific areas, such as engineering, physiology and psychology.

To achieve best practice design, Ergonomists use the data and techniques of several disciplines:

Anthropometry: body sizes, shapes; populations and variations

Biomechanics: muscles, levers, forces, strength

Environmental physics: noise, light, heat, cold, radiation, vibration body systems: hearing, vision, sensations

Applied psychology: skill, learning, errors, differences

Social psychology: groups, communication, learning, behaviours.

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What is Ergonomics? | Dohrmann Consulting

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Ergonomics is the process of designing or arranging workplaces, products and systems so that they fit the people who use them. Most people have heard of ergonomics and think it is something to do with seating or with the design of car controls and instruments - and it is...

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The ergonomic design discipline focuses on designing products and environments that are comfortable, efficient, and safe for humans to use.

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There are 5 basis to follow to have an effective Ergonomics: safety, comfort, ease of use, productivity/performance, and aesthetics. Ergonomics is a science concerned with the 'fit' between people and their work.

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Standards for office ergonomics, the design of workspaces, and the work environment help employers and employees maintain productivity and safe working conditions. Office ergonomics standards provide guidance to designers of office space, workstations and office equipment. Facility managers and safety officers are also concerned with these standards as back, neck, and spinal injuries, and repetitive stress injuries impact performance and attendance. The standards cover visual displays and computer keyboards, office chairs and desks as well as office environmental factors such as lighting, noise, ventilation and temperature that affect significant numbers of people.

A selection of office ergonomics standards are listed here that specifically deal with office work. Some are applicable to tasks common in many types of offices and across widely differing industries such as telecommunications, medical or scientific. Combined with training, awareness and other good practices, these standards can help improve the workplace.

Thermal ergonomics standards are relevant where heat or cold are factors in the environment and are important in sports, fire fighting, construction, surgery and other occupations. Thermal ergonomic standards are important to protective clothing manufacturers and workers in extreme environments. Thermal ergonomic standards promote safety, productivity, health and well-being. ISO TC 159 is a technical committee involved in standardization in the field of ergonomics. ISO TC 159 SC5 is a subcommittee working on ergonomics of the physical environment. Within this category are thermal ergonomics standards for measurement of physical quantities, analysis and interpretation of thermal stress on workers, methods for the assessment of human responses to hot and cold as well as other standards.

The University of Ottowa Thermal Egronomics Laboratory conducts research in the field of thermal ergonomics and looks at health, performance and the human body's response to heat and cold. The Health Safety Executive has resources, legislation and publications for further reading on the topic of thermal comfort and occupational exposure to heat and cold.

Machine ergonomics standards are critical for preventing serious injury from crushing, cutting and thermal exposure. This selection of international standards relates to the placement of actuators, the size of access openings for service, whole body entry to machinery, user interaction with displays and controls. They offer a uniform approach to ergonomic considerations for machine tools within the workplace and assist in design, installation and use of manufacturing systems, including individual and integrated machine tools and auxiliary components. Machine ergonomics standards are not the only standards relevant to machine safety. The topic of machine safety is a category on it's own with many standards. Use keyword or document number search to discover additional standards related to machine safety and other machine tool safety standards.

Hand held tool ergonomic standards in this selection of standards pertain to the measurement and test methods for vibration and shock from hand held tools. They cover drills, impact wrenches, grinders, and forestry equipment such as chainsaws, brush cutters and other groups of handheld tools. Transmission of vibration, the size, weight, presence or absence of handles and their position all factor into elements of the design, selection and use of hand tools. Good resources for hand tool ergonomics are available on the OSHA site that consider hazards in general industry and specific settings such as shipyards, marine terminals, and construction. NIOSH Publication No. 2007-122: Simple Solutions: Ergonomics for Construction Workers provides useful information on some of the conditions or injuries that result from hand tools and offers solutions and recommendations on making work with hand tools easier and safer.

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Standards for office ergonomics, the design of workspaces, and the work environment help employers and employees maintain productivity and safe working conditions. Office ergonomics standards provide guidance to designers of office space, workstations and office equipment. Facility managers and safety officers are also concerned with these standards as back, neck, and spinal injuries, and repetitive stress injuries impact performance and attendance.