 | Intégration de l'ergonomie au processus de conception d'une usine d'abattage de volailles(Integration of ergonomics into a poultry slaughterhouse design process)Richard, Jean-Guy; Bellemare, MarieÉtudes et recherches / Rapport
R-113, Montréal, IRSST, 1995, 105 pages. |
Abstract
Projects aimed at modernising production systems are also excellent opportunities for reducing occupational hazards. This however requires the integration of prevention principles into the design process from the outset. Poultry slaughterhouses are characterized by a high rate of occupational injury, and the integration of ergonomic principles into the process of modernising a slaughterhouse is a promising approach which has not yet been attempted in Québec.
Ergonomists will be fully integrated into the company's project group. In collaboration with work groups comprised of designers, middle management, and workers, they will analyze operations in the slaughterhouse to be modernized and in an already modernized slaughterhouse, and develop a model of operations for the new slaughterhouse. This will allow industrial designers to modify the original plans at the design stage.
The information gathered in this project will help the Institute promote prevention activities which result in the development of safer production systems.
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