People performing in systems have in common the fact that they are each somebody doing something, someplace. The possibilities range from a telephone installer connecting a cable high a top a pole in the middle of winter, to achauffeur driving an automibile on a curvy mountain road, or a craftsperson building a violin in a small workshop on a sultry afternoon. In each case, there is somebody do…
The author skillfully links the theory and practice of ergonomics in industrial environments using illuminating case studies taken directly from his own workplace. Pulat's authoritative up-to-date work offers comprehensive material on physical ergonomics, updated statistics for cumulative trauma disorders, and a revised NIOSH lifting equation. End-of- chapter exercises provide project-oriented …
Where many other textbooks concentrate on the theoretical issues surrounding the nature of human reliability and try to explain and prove why people err, we have chosen a different path. This text presents a summary of methods and techniques and data and concepts as they are applied in the practice of HRA. What we do first in our text is to simply report the facts-- to locate the probabilistic …