Similarity of Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Poor Product Quality in Manufacturing

W. Patrick Neumann; Ahmet Kolus; Richard Wells

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96080-7_53

Similarity of Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Poor Product Quality in Manufacturing

W. Patrick Neumann^*, Ahmet Kolus, Richard Wells

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Abstract

The key Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk Factors (MSDRF) are high forces, awkward postures, vibration and time (expressed as repetition, duty cycle or duration). A recent systematic review of the literature identified 207 human factor variables that were linked to poor product quality in manufacturing operations; what were called Quality Risk Factors (QRF). QRF were identified at the Product design, Process design, Workstation design and Individual levels. The purpose of this paper is to compare the QRF documented to MSDRF. The descriptions of the quality risk factors were extracted verbatim from the papers included in the original review. A rubric was developed to rate the strength of the QRF to MSDRF linkage. The three authors each rated the relationship independently. We then met to discuss the ratings and resolved any differences in rating. The findings demonstrated that product design and workspace design aspects had the strongest relationships between QRF and MSD risk factors. This implies that design that is sensitive to operators’ capacities should lead to both improved operational system performance as well as reduced risk of developing MSD. This knowledge may open new avenues for engaging in MSD prevention through design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume IV
Subtitle of host publication	Organizational Design and Management ODAM, Professional Affairs, Forensic
Editors	Sebastiano Bagnara, Thomas Alexander, Yushi Fujita, Riccardo Tartaglia, Sara Albolino
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	446-451
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9783319960791
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96080-7_53
State	Published - 2019

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	821
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

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© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

Manufacturing
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Product quality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
General Computer Science

UN SDGs

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Neumann, W. P., Kolus, A., & Wells, R. (2019). Similarity of Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Poor Product Quality in Manufacturing. In S. Bagnara, T. Alexander, Y. Fujita, R. Tartaglia, & S. Albolino (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume IV: Organizational Design and Management ODAM, Professional Affairs, Forensic (pp. 446-451). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 821). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96080-7_53

Neumann, W. Patrick ; Kolus, Ahmet ; Wells, Richard. / Similarity of Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Poor Product Quality in Manufacturing. Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume IV: Organizational Design and Management ODAM, Professional Affairs, Forensic. editor / Sebastiano Bagnara ; Thomas Alexander ; Yushi Fujita ; Riccardo Tartaglia ; Sara Albolino. Springer Verlag, 2019. pp. 446-451 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Neumann, WP, Kolus, A & Wells, R 2019, Similarity of Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Poor Product Quality in Manufacturing. in S Bagnara, T Alexander, Y Fujita, R Tartaglia & S Albolino (eds), Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume IV: Organizational Design and Management ODAM, Professional Affairs, Forensic. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 821, Springer Verlag, pp. 446-451. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96080-7_53

Similarity of Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Poor Product Quality in Manufacturing. / Neumann, W. Patrick; Kolus, Ahmet; Wells, Richard.
Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume IV: Organizational Design and Management ODAM, Professional Affairs, Forensic. ed. / Sebastiano Bagnara; Thomas Alexander; Yushi Fujita; Riccardo Tartaglia; Sara Albolino. Springer Verlag, 2019. p. 446-451 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 821).

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Neumann WP, Kolus A, Wells R. Similarity of Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Poor Product Quality in Manufacturing. In Bagnara S, Alexander T, Fujita Y, Tartaglia R, Albolino S, editors, Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume IV: Organizational Design and Management ODAM, Professional Affairs, Forensic. Springer Verlag. 2019. p. 446-451. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-96080-7_53

Similarity of Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Poor Product Quality in Manufacturing

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