Solar installation occupational risks: A systematic review

JC Duroha, GA Macht - Safety science, 2023 - Elsevier
The adoption of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology and infrastructure are increasing rapidly
to meet the ever-growing global need for renewable energy sources. An obstacle to solar PV …

[PDF][PDF] Ergonomic assessment methods for the evaluation of hand held industrial products: a review

DS Bisht, MR Khan - 2013 - iaeng.org
In the segment of industrial products, hand held products occupy a major section. An
important issue in design of these products is to identify the factors that lead to human …

Pneumatic rock drill vs. electric rotary hammer drill: Productivity, vibration, dust, and noise when drilling into concrete

D Rempel, A Antonucci, A Barr, MR Cooper, B Martin… - Applied ergonomics, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives Both pneumatic rock drills and electric rotary hammer drills are used for drilling
large holes (eg, 10–20 mm diameter) into concrete for structural upgrades to buildings …

The design and development of suspended handles for reducing hand-arm vibration in petrol driven grass trimmer

YH Ko, OL Ean, ZM Ripin - International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2011 - Elsevier
The portable petrol driven grass trimmer is identified as a type of machine whose operator
can be subjected to large magnitude of hand-arm vibration. These vibrations can cause …

Influence of coupling forces on the mechanical impedance of the hand-arm system during rotational vibration excitation around the xh-axis

T Schröder, A Lindenmann, A Resch… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The research presented in this paper focuses on the determination of the rotational
mechanical impedance of the human hand-arm system under rotational vibration excitation …

Upper limb disorders and hand-arm vibration risks with hand-held olive beaters

A Calvo, E Romano, C Preti, G Schillaci… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Olive harvesting with hand-held beaters is a repetitive work, tiring and time consuming
(more than 4–5 h/day). Operators work with vibrating tools in not natural body postures: they …

Perception of products by progressive multisensory integration. A study on hammers

M Vergara, S Mondragón, JL Sancho-Bru… - Applied ergonomics, 2011 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to determine the influence of multisensory (visual-haptic) integration
and the level of interaction (seeing photographs, seeing the actual product, touching it and …

R2: Drilling into concrete: Effect of feed force on handle vibration and productivity

L Botti, B Martin, A Barr, J Kapellusch, C Mora… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Approximately 1.6 million commercial construction workers in the US use rotary hammer
drills for drilling into concrete to insert anchor bolts or rebar. The exposure to vibration may …

Evaluation of hand-arm and whole-body vibrations in construction and property management

MA Coggins, E Van Lente, M Mccallig… - Annals of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: To identify and measure the magnitude of hand-arm vibration (HAV) and whole-
body vibration (WBV) sources (tools, vehicles etc.) in use within a previously unexamined …

Handle transmitted vibration of electrical demolition hammers: Frequency and magnitude investigation in field measurements from different bits

MR Monazzam, A Khavanin… - Journal of Low …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Using a demolition hammer among the power tools is one of the most challenging job tasks
for the operators of these tools, which exposes users to high levels of hand-transmitted …