Environmental conditions of the livestock buildings can be used like indicators of safety, health and comfort of the worker, of the animal welfare or of a possible air pollution. The environmental conditions of different ...

In the past XVII International Congress on Project Management and Engineering we presented a paper in which was manifested how loads of packages occasionally stored in the fruit and vegetable plants can lead to a greater ...

Since the entry into force of the resolution 1206 of May 26, 2006 of the International Maritime Organization, hereinafter IMO, and in line with other international laws and regulations in force establishes the obligation ...

OWAS ergonomics assessment method identifies the level of risk of the postures adopted by a worker in a workstation and the risk factors to which a worker is exposed. In this work a method was proposed to estimate the ...

A survey was conducted among 80 wheelchair users at the national level with the assistance of organisations of disabled people. Its results identified the characteristics requested by users and worked as a guidance for ...

The furniture industry is one of the most representative sectors in the Valencian region, in terms of volume of production, turnover and number of companies, which generally are SMEs. The wood industry which belongs to ...

Construction sites are places of work complex and often unsafe for several reasons: its working condition outdoors, dependence on weather factors, the pace of work, methods of execution, the high labor component and high ...

This paper presents the use of depth sensors for the automatized management of ergonomic risks in manufacturing plants. Its use for the prevention of risks arising from postural load at work is analyzed. The depth sensors ...

The legislation about Prevention of Occupational Risks obliges to protect the safety and health of workers. One of the tools to integrate the preventive action in the production process and the organization of a company ...

Among the methods of fire risk assessment, it should consider the scalar and vector methods. In the first set a numeric value (scalar) as an indicator of acceptable and unacceptable risk, having lots of methods. In the ...