Risk Analysis and Management of Repetitive Actions: A Guide for Applying the OCRA System (Occupational Repetitive Actions), Third Edition (Ergonomics Design & Mgmt. Theory & Applications)

This book covers the application of the OCRA (Occupational Repetitive Actions) method. The methods make up a system dedicated to the analysis and management of the risk of biomechanical overload of the upper limbs. The book focuses on the OCRA checklist which presents various models from the most simplified, to the most complex. It describes methods, criteria, procedures and tools on how to perform such an assessment, in line with international standards. The book provides you with the correct methods and tools for prevention of upper limb work related musculoskeletal disorders no matter what the working environment is or what the international standards dictates. Content: Chapter 1. Introduction -- chapter 2. Simplified analysis of workplace organization : from a macro- to a micro-analysis of the workplace and the basis for risk exposure assessment among workers (and homogeneous worker groups) -- chapter 3. Initial identification and preliminary assessment (pre-mapping) of potential risks -- chapter 4. Procedures and criteria for applying the OCRA checklist -- chapter 5. Variants of the OCRA checklist -- chapter 6. Assessing task rotation -- chapter 7. Risk mapping for repetitive movements of the upper limbs : criteria, techniques, and objectives -- chapter 8. Analysis of complex tasks : applications -- chapter 9. The OCRA index -- chapter 10. Health surveillance -- chapter 11. Guidelines for redesigning jobs and workstations featuring repetitive tasks, and criteria for returning workers with musculoskeletal diseases of the upper limbs to the workplace. 2.8 Repetitive Task Analysis: Micro-Analysis of the Structure of the Task within the Cycle -- Chapter 3 Initial Identification and Preliminary Assessment (Pre-Mapping) of Potential Risks -- 3.1 ISO/TR 12295: Key Enters and Quick Assessment -- 3.1.1 Key Enters -- 3.1.2 The Quick Assessment -- 3.2 Pre-Mapping of Hazards, Dangers, and Discomfort -- 3.2.1 Foreword -- 3.2.2 The Pre-Mapping Model -- 3.2.3 First-Level Pre-Mapping (Key Enters) -- 3.2.3.1 Details Concerning the Place of Employment -- 3.2.3.2 Key Enters for Identifying Priorities Related to the Risk of Biomechanical Overload 2.1 Introduction: Sectors and Classification of Work Activities -- 2.2 How Products Are Made -- 2.3 How a Manufacturing Unit Is Structured: Definitions of Machinery Types and Workstations -- 2.4 How to Analyze a Department: Identification of Production Areas, Machinery, Assembly Stations, and Operator Allocation -- 2.5 Job Analysis: A Few Basic Definitions -- 2.5.1 Repetitive Task: Definition -- 2.5.2 Cycle: Definition -- 2.6 Job Analysis: Tasks Performed by Operators at One or More Workstations -- 2.7 Repetitive Task Analysis: Type and Content of the Work Cycle Making Up the Task Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Author -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Reference Framework -- 1.2 A Glance at the Regulations -- 1.2.1 European Directives -- 1.2.2 The Machinery Directive -- 1.3 Approach to Risk Evaluation and Management -- 1.3.1 First Level -- 1.3.2 Second Level -- 1.3.3 Third Level -- Chapter 2 Simplified Analysis of Workplace Organization: From a Macro-to a Micro-Analysis of the Workplace and the Basis for Risk Exposure Assessment among Workers (and Homogeneous Worker Groups) 3.2.3.10 Key Enters for Identifying Problems Relating to Pollutants (Chemical Risk, Biological Risk) and Other Specific Risk Factors -- 3.2.3.11 Key Enters for Identifying Organizational Problems -- 3.2.3.12 Key Enters for Identifying Potential Work-Related Stress Inducers -- 3.2.4 Second-Level Pre-Mapping (Quick Assessment) -- 3.2.4.1 Quick Assessment of Repetitive Tasks -- 3.2.4.2 Quick Assessment of Manual Load Lifting -- 3.2.4.3 Quick Assessment of Manual Load-Carrying Tasks -- 3.2.4.4 Quick Assessment of Load Pushing and/or Pulling 3.2.3.3 Key Enters for Identifying Indoor Lighting Problems -- 3.2.3.4 Key Enters for Identifying Problems Relating to Outdoor Work/UV Radiation -- 3.2.3.5 Key Enters for Identifying Problems Relating to Noise -- 3.2.3.6 Key Enters for Identifying Problems Relating to Micro-climate -- 3.2.3.7 Key Enters for Identifying Problems Relating to Tools/Equipment -- 3.2.3.8 Key Enters for Identifying Problems Relating to Exposure to Vibrations -- 3.2.3.9 Key Enters for Identifying Problems Relating to the Use of Machinery or Machine Parts This book discusses Risk Assessment of manual repetitive tasks. It describes methods, criteria, procedures, and tools on how to perform such assessments that fall in line with international standards for both small and bit companies, as well as industrial and non-industrial working environments. 3.2.4.5 Description and Initial Inspection of Chemical Pollutants