Ergonomi
Yazarlar: Burcu ÖZCAN, Enes YEĞİN
Konular:Mühendislik, Ortak Disiplinler
DOI:10.33439/ergonomi.643602
Anahtar Kelimeler:Working posture analysis,Ergonomi,Automotive industry,OWAS,NASA-TLX
Özet: Musculoskeletal health problems are an important issue that businesses should consider. The work related erroneous postures can cause strain and discomfort of the workers. At this point, Ovako Working Posture Analysing System (OWAS) method is used to analyze erroneous working postures. With this technique, body positions are defined and scoring is made according to difficulty level. Improvement suggestions are tried to eliminate problemsIn this article, OWAS and NASA-TLX methods are used to improve the working positions of the employees who make loading and unloading in a company producing tires for the automotive sector, which is called the strange working posture and accordingly mental workloads and non-ergonomic movements are determined. Actions to reduce or eliminate these difficulties have been proposed and put into practice.