A biomechanical study concerning work activities of a checkout operator by using a multifactorial computerized analysis.
In previous studies authors investigated a supermarket checkout in order to study the reachability of some equipment arranged in the workstation. This kind of analysis has been carried out by applying ISO 14738 1 and verifying its requirements concerning field of vision, working area limits for arms and space requirements for legs and feet. In this paper authors use a more advanced technique which permits to carry out biomechanical analysis with the aim to confirm or not some of the results obtained by previous studies. In particular checkout workstation has been reconstructed in laboratory and the examined working task has been simulated in order to analyze in deep kinematic and electromiographic aspects related to payment which appears to be one of the most critical working tasks. Results obtained by laboratory simulation have confirmed the critical elements previously identified. Equipments arrangement needs to be redesigned in order to optimize body postures.
Vincenzo Molinaro Simona Del Ferraro
ISPESL - National Institute of Occupational Safety and PreventionDepartment of Occupational Medicine ISPESL - National Institute of Occupational Safety and Prevention Department of Occupational Medicin
国际会议
17th World Congress on Ergonomics(第十七届国际人类工效学大会)
北京
英文
1-5
2009-08-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）