{"title":"[Cardiovascular diseases: a challenge in occupational health].","authors":"E. Calvo-Bonacho, C. Catalina Romero","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2018.21.04.1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objective: We conducted a comparative ergonomic study of a new workplace station (MSILT) and a standard wooden industrial workbench. Methods: First, we used the OWAS method to evaluate the highest risk tasks. Next, we used human digital simulation in a virtual environment to evaluate stress on low back and joint load. We also performed a comparative analysis using the Siemens Jack software. Results: There was an overall reduction in exposure to physical loads. Awkward postures decreased from a category 4 (harmful) to category 1 (neutral) risk level. There was also a reduction in static loads on the joints and intradiscal loading to below the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommended level of 3400 N. Conclusion: This study demonstrated the feasibility of the new MSILIT and that it can be implemented in the hydrocarbons industry.","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"5 1","pages":"186-188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2018.21.04.1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Objective: We conducted a comparative ergonomic study of a new workplace station (MSILT) and a standard wooden industrial workbench. Methods: First, we used the OWAS method to evaluate the highest risk tasks. Next, we used human digital simulation in a virtual environment to evaluate stress on low back and joint load. We also performed a comparative analysis using the Siemens Jack software. Results: There was an overall reduction in exposure to physical loads. Awkward postures decreased from a category 4 (harmful) to category 1 (neutral) risk level. There was also a reduction in static loads on the joints and intradiscal loading to below the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommended level of 3400 N. Conclusion: This study demonstrated the feasibility of the new MSILIT and that it can be implemented in the hydrocarbons industry.