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Title: Ergonomics: Continuous Improvement To Worker Safety
Author: Armen H. Jalalian
Source: American Gas Association 1993
Year Published: 1993
Abstract: The Gas Industry is in a state of dynamic transformation where customers are demanding quality, resources are limited, and competitors are challenging for market position. Continuous improvement is adopted as the method for delivering quality to customers, preserving resources, and staying competitive. Worker health and safety is seen as a resource to preserve. An analogy is made between continuous improvement for quality and continuous improvement for worker safety. Ergonomics is introduced as a multi-discipline science focused on optimizing the interaction between the worker and work environment. Ergonomics is used to identify worker injury risks. Continuous improvement coupled with ergonomics is introduced as the most effective approach to worker health and safety. This study will compile information on ergonomic related injuries and illnesses from 65 gas industry organizations along with demographic and climatic data for their territories. The product will be a relational database capable of identifying worker injury attributes related to work practice, tools, climate and demography. The product will (1) evaluate frequency, severity and cost of worker injuries in the gas industry (2) be a benchmark for gas industry organizations (3) prioritize ergonomics research for the gas industry.

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