ORP2008 - VI International Conference on Occupational Risk Prevention

Workshop
Nuevas técnicas de investigación para la evaluación del riesgo de carga física biomecánica en sectores productivos desatendidos: agricultura, pesca, limpieza, construcción, etc. General datas:
Language: Español
Limited seats
Room: 5
Hours: Wednesday 16:30 to 18:00
President: Daniela Colombini

Unità di Ricerca Ergonomia della Postura e Movimento (EPM)

Participants:

  • Loretta Montomoli - Occupational physician. Section of occupational health and toxicology. University of Siena -Italy.
  • Aquiles Hernández-Soto - Departament d’Organització d’Empreses, Centre d’Ergonomia i Prevenció, Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Spain.
  • Dr. Henk F. Van der Molen - Dutch National Institute for Safety and Health in the Construction Industry, Research and Development Department, Amsterdam . The Netherlands.
  • Giambartolomei Maurizia / Ruschioni Angela - Occupational physicians of the Prevention and Workplace Safety Service – area 7 – ASUR ANCONA (Regional Health Unit). Italy.
  • Enrique Álvarez-Casado - Departament d’Organització d’Empreses, Centre d’Ergonomia i Prevenció, Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Spain.


Activities:
  • Study models of biomechanical overload for annual exposures in agriculture. Preliminary results of risk and damage assessment in vine-growing and new applicative studies.
  • Ergonomic studies in the construction sector: summary of international studies, database of solutions and perspectives.
  • Fishing: ergonomics and productivity. Experiences in redesigning fishing boats of Ancona ship-owner association: risk assessment due to biomechanical overload, clinical data, preliminary cost-benefit analysis of ergonomic actions.
  • Risk assessment techniques in “neglected” sectors characterised by exposure to several working tasks with daily, weekly, monthly, annual turnover . Start of multicentre studies in agriculture, cleaning, constructions and other sectors: working perspectives for implementation of pre-assessed risk softwares.


Addressed to: all those professionals Prevention is possible, medical occupationales.