Analysis of Working Postures at a Construction Site Using the OWAS Method

• Autorzy: Lee T. H. , Han C. S.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This study used OWAS to analyze the working postures of construction workers on building the foundations of a log cabin. Three construction workers, with an average work experience of 40 years, participated in this study. Eight elementary jobs of building the foundations of a log cabin were videotaped at a construction site and analyzed later in the laboratory. For an overall distribution of trunk postures, OWAS identified that a bent and twisted trunk posture (34%), which fell into action category 3, was the major poor posture for construction workers. This study also identified that tying beams with steel bars, assembling column templates, and cement grouting of the ground were the 3 principal jobs in which workers building the foundations exhibited poor working posture. This article suggests ways to reduce and evaluate poor posture in a dynamic construction site.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

construction; posture; occupational injury; OWAS

PL

budownictwo; pozycja przy pracy; analiza bezpieczeństwa; OWAS

• Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: Vol. 19, No. 2
• Strony: 245--250
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 21 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Lee T. H.

• Department of Management and Information Technology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

autor

Han C. S.

• Department of Management and Information Technology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

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