PATH: A work sampling-based approach to ergonomic job analysis for construction and other non-repetitive work
PATH: A work sampling-based approach to ergonomic job analysis for construction and other non-repetitive work
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DOI：
10.1016/0003-6870(95)00078-x
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发表时间：
1996-06-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Moir, S
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作者：
Buchholz, B;Paquet, V;Moir, S
与工业生产线活动、建筑工作以及许多其他职业不同，（如农业、采矿业），不重复;作业任务是非循环的，或者由长周期或不规则周期组成，PATH（作业、活动、工具和搬运）是一种基于工作抽样的方法，用于表征建筑和其他非重复性工作的人体工程学危害。PATH方法中的姿势代码基于Ovako工作作业分析系统（OWAS），包括用于描述工人活动、工具使用、处理的负载和抓握类型的其他代码。对于重型公路建设，使用专门为此目的开发的分类法，通过建设阶段和操作对观察进行分层。观察者可以在大约30小时的培训后可靠地对工作的物理特性进行编码，在四个道路施工作业期间对六名建筑工人进行的试点研究表明，工人花费大部分时间处于非中性躯干姿势，并且花费大约20%的时间执行手动材料处理任务，这些结果表明，路径方法可以用来识别特定的施工作业和任务，是人体工程学的危险。版权所有（C）1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.
A high prevalence and incidence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders have been reported in construction work, Unlike industrial production-line activity, construction work, as well as work in many other occupations (e.g. agriculture, mining), is non-repetitive in nature; job tasks are non-cyclic, or consist of long or irregular cycles, PATH (Posture, Activity, Tools and Handling), a work sampling-based approach, was developed to characterize the ergonomic hazards of construction and other non-repetitive work, The posture codes in the PATH method are based on the Ovako Work Posture Analysing System (OWAS), with other codes included for describing worker activity, tool use, loads handled and grasp type, For heavy highway construction, observations are stratified by construction stage and operation, using a taxonomy developed specifically for this purpose, Observers can code the physical characteristics of the job reliably after about 30 h of training, A pilot study of six construction laborers during four road construction operations suggests that laborers spend large proportions of time in nonneutral trunk postures and spend approximately 20% of their time performing manual material handling tasks, These results demonstrate how the PATH method can be used to identify specific construction operations and tasks that are ergonomically hazardous. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.