Novel Ergonomic Triad Model to Calculate a Sustainable Work Index for the Manufacturing Industry

Sustainability

Mildrend Montoya-Reyes¹  CarlosRaul Navarro-González¹  Margarita Gil-Samaniego-Ramos¹  Alvaro González-Angeles¹  Ismael Mendoza-Muñoz¹ 

[1] Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja, Mexicali 21100, Baja California, Mexico;

关键词: man–machine–environment system;    sustainable work;    ergonomic evaluation;    ergonomics and human factors;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su12208316

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The human factor is becoming increasingly relevant for its role in industrial development; therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the machine–man–environment system in an integrated and not isolated way, as is commonly done, for evaluating the sustainability performance of manufacturing practices. For this reason, in this paper, an ergonomic triad model is proposed for calculating a novel Sustainable Work Index, (SWI), made up of the factors: human work, workstation design, organizational environment and sustainable environmental conditions. The methodology consists of defining the productive time, interviewing the workers, taking anthropometric measurements, assessing the environmental conditions, obtaining the indicators for each factor, calculating the index and interpreting the results to define improvement actions. The model was applied to a manufacturing industry obtaining a regular status with an index of 63.6%. Improvement actions were implemented, and it was possible to increase the index to 73.9%, which represents a good commitment of the company towards occupational health. The development of the new triad model to calculate the SWI will allow industries to visualize indicators of the interaction of the ergonomic triad, identify its current condition and propose actions to physically, organizationally and environmentally improve human well-being and system performance.

【 授权许可】

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