COMPARISON OF PEN-AND-PAPER BASED AND DIGITAL HUMAN MODEL BASED ERGONOMIC RISK ASSESSMENTS – A CASE STUDY ON AN INDUSTRIAL WORKPLACE

Mária BABICSNÉ-HORVÁTH, Dávid BOROS, Károly HERCEGFI

Abstract


Usage of various software for ergonomics is more and more prevalent among researchers and ergonomists, which can be useful in ergonomic risk assessment and anthropometric design. Many kinds of research can be found on the subject; however, pen-and-paper and the software analysis are rarely compared, and the differences are rarely presented. In our research, a comparison was made between the pen-and-paper and the software -based risk assessment methods using RULA and OWAS. The results were similar in both cases, RULA and OWAS gave the same score for the examined workflow, however, practical issues appeared.


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