contribution of anatomy in ergonomics is the improvement of the physical aspect of the job: achieving a good physical fit between the employee and the things the employee uses on the job, whether it’s a hand tool, a computer, a video camera, a forklift, or a lathe. Physiology is concerned with how the body functions. It addresses the energy required from the employee to do the job as well as the acceptable workload and work rate and the physical working conditions. e essential to their…
Case Report: PK, a 34 year-old, Indian female, first presented to the Cornea and Contact Lens Department of the University Eye Care Center on October 18, 2016 with a chief complaint of dry eyes and blurred vision through her current glasses most prominent in the evening. Patient PK is a financial analyst that spends eight to ten hours on the computer each day. During her free time she enjoys going out with friends and running. PK reported a history of occasional soft contact lens wear with…
Joshua Hendy Iron Works was a large equipment manufacturer since the gold rush days. Among many other pieces of heavy machinery, Hendy manufactured the large water cannons and pumps that were used for hydraulic mining in the Sierras. After getting shaken out of San Francisco by the 1906 Earthquake, the company settled in Sunnyvale. The once thriving company of over a thousand employees was barely afloat by the middle of the Great Depression with about 60 people employed. That all changed…
In 1595BC, the armies Hittities led by Mursili from Anatolia, now modern Turkey, attacked and conquered Babylon taking control of Babylonia. With no immediate king in place the Kassites, in 1531BC, took control of Babylonia. The Sealand Dynasty of 1732 to 1460BC coexisted at the same time along with the First Babylonian Dynasty. This dynasty was a separate dynasty in the far southern part of what was Sumer known as Sealand. It was ruled by native Akkadians who claim to be descendants of the…
a magical look to them (marine bio.com,2017) This dolphin lives in the Amazon and Orinoco basins river in the Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Perú, and Venezuela. ( world wildlife fund.org, 2017) The diet of dolphin is they feed on lathe variety of fish generally near the bottom including Amazon catfish and as well as other river fish including piranhas and as well crustance. Also these dolphins will herded in the fish on 5he fishing nets and raided the fishing nets for food…
We never know the instance of when we will encounter a loved one or stranger who desperately turns to us for help in their time of crisis. Sometimes trying to help a person survive in crisis will also bring about a mini-crisis in the person who wants to help. As we recover from our first reaction of "What Can I Do?" we become aware of some basic ways to help the person in crisis. In these times of both a national economic and health crisis, it is good for us to prepare ourselves with a survival…
Emotional, physical and environmental safety comes under the safety needs. In detail the safety needs can be of security from jobs, family, health etc. Being a mortal soul the support from the life partner, parents, peers etc. is pertinent and this known as social need for a human being. It may also include the care and affection also. One can achieve his/her goals in life only with the support from family and friends. Internal and external esteem needs are the principal needs for any human…
Acme Products, Inc., requires a new machine to produce a part for a heat generator. Two companies have submitted bids, and you have been assigned the task of choosing one of the machines. Cash flow analysis indicates the following: Year Machine A Machine B ---- --------- --------- 0 -$1,000 -$1,000 1 0 417…
Cellular manufacturing is an application of Group Technology in which machines or processes have been aggregated into cells, each of which is dedicated to production of a part or product family or limited group of families. Parts with similar processing requirements are identified; these are then placed into logical groups called part families and the equipment requirements for each part family are subsequently determined. A part family is a collection of parts which are similar either because…
As one component in the job design, the management of the company needs to implement an ergonomics factor to build a good interface between human and machine. Refer to Heizer and Render (2006), Ergonomics means “the study of work”. And the basic reason of the ergonomics study is come from an understanding that the male and female employee come in limited configuration. Therefore, design of tools and the workplace depends on study of people to determine what they can and cannot do. And the…