A holistic evaluation of ergonomics application in health, safety, and environment management research for construction workers

L Liao, K Liao, N Wei, Y Ye, L Li, Z Wu - Safety science, 2023 - Elsevier
The construction industry is one of the industries with worst safety records. With the
increasing application of ergonomics, health, safety, and environment (HSE) management of …

Integrating feature engineering, genetic algorithm and tree-based machine learning methods to predict the post-accident disability status of construction workers

K Koc, Ö Ekmekcioğlu, AP Gurgun - Automation in Construction, 2021 - Elsevier
The construction industry is among the riskiest industries around the world. Hence, the
preliminary studies exploring the consequences of occupational accidents have received …

Soft computing applications in the field of human factors and ergonomics: A review of the past decade of research

E Çakıt, W Karwowski - Applied Ergonomics, 2024 - Elsevier
The main objectives of this study were to 1) review the literature on the applications of soft
computing concepts to the field of human factors and ergonomics (HFE) between 2013 and …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic Literature Review on Knowledge-Driven Approaches for Construction Safety Analysis and Accident Prevention

S Pandithawatta, S Ahn, R Rameezdeen, CWK Chow… - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
Due to its inherent complexities in the process and the dynamic interactions with external
environmental factors, the construction industry is widely considered one of the most …

Predicting Human Postures for Manual Material Handling Tasks Using a Conditional Diffusion Model

L Qing, B Su, S Jung, L Lu, H Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Predicting workers' body postures is crucial for effective ergonomic interventions to reduce
musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). In this study, we employ a novel generative approach to …

Gestión de riesgos ergonómicos por levantamiento manual de cargas en la Empresa JC Termosolar Energía Renovable de la ciudad de Riobamba

EIB Guapulema, MÁ Enriquez - Polo del Conocimiento: Revista …, 2022 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Uno de los problemas en las empresas de instalación de equipos y maquinas son los
problemas de salud que pueden contraer por las cargas y movimientos que pueden tener …

Health impacts of building materials on construction workers

J Onyango - Ecological and Health Effects of Building Materials, 2022 - Springer
The construction area has a long history of health effects that include injuries, fatal
accidents, and other ecological health impacts on workers' wellbeing. The health impact of …

Risk, postural and physical strain assessment of sawmill workers in Nigeria

AO Ajayeoba - International Journal of Engineering Research in …, 2019 - Trans Tech Publ
Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) have been seen as major health
problems that have direct impacts on workers' physical/psychosocial well beings, health …

[PDF][PDF] A shoveling-related pain intensity prediction expert system for workers' manual movement of material

AH Oluwole, AA Adekunle, AO Olasunkanmi… - Int. J …, 2016 - researchgate.net
In this study, a fuzzy-based expert system called the Pain Intensity Prediction Expert System
(PIPES) was developed to predict pain severity risk (PSR) in shoveling-related tasks. The …

A particle swarm algorithm for manual lifting tasks design

H Akalın, S Seçkiner, Y Eroğlu - Ergonomi, 2018 - dergipark.org.tr
In recent years although the Industry 4.0 concept, which has been used in almost all stages,
is still on the agenda, many lifting operations are still carried out manually. In terms of …