Digital Human Modeling in the Occupational Safety and Health Process: An Application in Manufacturing

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• Alternative Title:
  IISE Trans Occup Ergon Hum Factors
• Personal Author:
  Schall, Mark C. ; Fethke, Nathan B. ; Roemig, Victoria
• Description:
  Digital human modeling (DHM) and simulation software has been identified as an effective tool for evaluating work tasks and design alternatives without requiring the expense of physical mock-ups and production trials. Despite recent commercial advancements and a broader availability of DHM platforms, the peer-reviewed scientific literature lacks sufficient demonstration of the application of DHM software within an occupational safety and health process for mitigating exposures to physical risk factors in a real work environment. We describe the implementation of a commercially-available DHM platform as a component of an occupational safety and health process in a manufacturing environment over the course of one year. Success stories, challenges, and practical recommendations are discussed.
• Keywords:
  Ergonomics Tools And Methods Modeling And Simulation Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Source:
  IISE Trans Occup Ergon Hum Factors. 6(2):64-75
• Pubmed ID:
  30984907
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6455952
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  T42 OH008436/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; T42OH008436/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; U19 OH008868/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U19OH008868/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:189dfa26b65e2bf966fdc7e1be1cb0ae8719329b52907f1701a0810b42feef6e2bfe65d0715e55067346783597e0191391b63ef2f52724c41b240be3f94717d8
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/77649/cdc_77649_DS1.pdf
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