Perform a critical review of the following NIOSH Publication:
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2007). Ergonomic guidelines for manual material handling (DHHS [NIOSH] Publication No. 2007-131). Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2007-131/pdfs/2007-131.pdf
Click here to access a PDF of the NIOSH Publication No. 2007-131.
You must specifically summarize and analyze the following information in the indicated NIOSH publication:
Engineering and administrative improvements
Proactive action plan
The three improvement options mentioned in the publication
However, you may also discuss any other topics you find interesting in publication.
The project must include, at minimum, the following components:
1. Introduction
2. Engineering and Administrative Improvements
3. Proactive Action Plan
4. Improvement Options
5. Summary of your own opinions and comments on what you learned from the publication.
Instructions:
Your answer to this assignment must be three to five pages, double spaced, and 12 point font (separate title page and reference page are not included in the page length). CSU requires that students use APA style for papers and projects. Therefore, the APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed. A document titled “APA Guide” is available for you to download in the Learning Resources area of the myCSU Student Portal. It may also be accessed from the Student Resources link on the Course Menu of Blackboard.
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Course Description:
Review of the principles and practices of ergonomics as it applies to the industrial environment. Demonstrates how to collect data on users and operators and how to convert the data to good workplace design.
Course Textbook:
Bush, P. M. (2012). Ergonomics: Foundational principles, applications, and technologies. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Specify and design ergonomically appropriate industrial workstations for the industrial and office work environment.
2. Identify information-centered human factors relating to visual, illumination, controls, displays, and symbols.
3. Compare, contrast, and assess human body-centered ergonomic designs for posture, material handling, repetitive motion factors, heat stress, noise, and vibration.
4. Examine and evaluate organizational or management-centered ergonomic factors for training, skills, and cognitive task analysis.
5. Define the ergonomic factors intrinsic in evaluating accidents, human errors, and safety related incidents.
6. Illustrate and assess the ergonomic factors in computer work station design.
7. Discuss and identify key components of cost-benefit analysis in human factors and ergonomic design.
8. Summarize key components in conducting a human factors or ergonomics related investigation.