Risk Analysis and Management of Repetitive Actions

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.

Colombini, Daniela; Occhipinti, Enrico

Introduction. Brief Notes on Analysis of the Work Process in Companies: From Macro to Micro Analysis of Jobs and task as the Basis for the Study of Workers Exposure. Preliminary Hazard and Risk Identification and Evaluation. The Basic OCRA Checklist: Contents, Application Procedures, and Risk Classification. Variants of the OCRA Checklist. Evaluation of Task Rotations. Mapping the Risks from Biomechanical Overload of the Upper Limbs: Criteria, Procedures, and Aims. Analyzing Complex Jobs (with Repetitive Tasks): Applicative Examples. The OCRA Index. Health Surveillance. Guidelines for (RE) Design of Manual Repetitive Tasks and Workplaces and Criteria for the Relocation of Workers Suffering from Work-Related Musculoskeletal Diseases (WMSDs)