Citation

Kawakami M, Inoue F, Ohkubo T, Ueno T. Int. J. Occup. Safety Ergonomics 1998; 4(4): 471-483.

Affiliation

Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology, Japan. kawakami@tmit.ac.jp

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10602633

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to explore and present a proposal for redesigning elements of the workplace for aged workers. The method of research was to observe, record, and measure the actions of sitting workers performing assembly operations on electrical products in the Kani Plant Nagoya Works of Mitsubishi Electric Co. (Japan). The evaluation index used in the experiment was obtained by measuring time motion elements, cycle time per product, and motion velocity waves of elderly workers. Those motion characteristics were then compared to the motion characteristics of young workers. The results led to job redesign elements being identified to reduce handling factors of high difficulty for aged workers and to the necessity to consider a coefficient of correction in Method Time Measurement (MTM) according to differences in the manufactured object's weight.

Language: en