ERGONOMICS RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE INDUSTRY (ERMI)

Adrian ISPĂȘOIU, Ioan MILOSAN, Camelia GABOR

Abstract


In Romania, most workers' health problems are caused by work situations in which ergonomic principles and regulations are not respected. It was found that in many situations, not only the workers, but sometimes even those responsible for safety and health at work, do not know these ergonomic principles and rules, this fact reveals that, at the enterprise level, there is no management conscious, assumed and planned for the ergonomic risks. In this article, we propose a systematic, step-by-step approach to effective management of ergonomic risks. This methodology was implemented in several companies in Romania, and the results, both in terms of workers' health and work productivity, were excellent.

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