Ergonomics Criteria
for Industrial Power Hand Tools
Sponsor:
General Motors and Delphi
Corporations, in conjunction with the UAW-GM Center for Human Resources
This project considers
the ergonomics and biomechanics of power hand tools used in automobile
manufacturing. The study investigates how to minimize the risk of
musculoskeletal injuries while maximizing the capacity to operate power hand
tools with optimum performance. The specific aims include:
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Develop practical
in-plant methods to obtain and measure tool, task and workstation parameters.
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Predict power hand tool
reaction force using the measurements
developed for applying a biodynamic tool reaction force model in selected GM
and or Delphi manufacturing facilities.
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Validate the University
of Wisconsin biodynamic model through laboratory tests, and health and safety
records at selected study sites.
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Design power hand tool
test procedures for predicting operator response to shock and impulsive forces
from industrial nutrunners and other power hand tools.
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Train GM and or Delphi
employees on the use and application of the University of Wisconsin biodynamic
model and power hand tool test procedures.
Occupational
Ergonomics and Biomechanics Laboratory
