Journal article
Digital Human Modeling in the Occupational Safety and Health Process: An Application in Manufacturing
IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors, Vol.6(2), pp.64-75
2018
DOI: 10.1080/24725838.2018.1491430
PMCID: PMC6455952
PMID: 30984907
Abstract
Digital human modeling (DHM) and simulation software has been identified as an effective tool for evaluating work tasks and design alternatives without requiring the expense of physical mock-ups and production trials. Despite recent commercial advancements and a broader availability of DHM platforms, the peer-reviewed scientific literature lacks sufficient demonstration of the application of DHM software within an occupational safety and health process for mitigating exposures to physical risk factors in a real work environment. We describe the implementation of a commercially-available DHM platform as a component of an occupational safety and health process in a manufacturing environment over the course of one year. Success stories, challenges, and practical recommendations are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Digital Human Modeling in the Occupational Safety and Health Process: An Application in Manufacturing
- Creators
- Mark C Schall Jr - Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Auburn University, mark-schall@auburn.eduNathan B Fethke - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health University of Iowa, nathan-fethke@uiowa.eduVictoria Roemig - SantosHuman Inc., victoria.roemig@santoshumaninc.com
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors, Vol.6(2), pp.64-75
- DOI
- 10.1080/24725838.2018.1491430
- PMID
- 30984907
- PMCID
- PMC6455952
- NLM abbreviation
- IISE Trans Occup Ergon Hum Factors
- ISSN
- 2472-5838
- eISSN
- 2472-5846
- Publisher
- England
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100008893, name: University of Iowa, award: No. U19OH008868 and No. 2 T42 OH008436-13; name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2018
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Occupational and Environmental Health; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9983997442002771
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