An ergonomic assessment of the airline baggage handler

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55increase in TAP can increase the systolic blood pressure hampering blood flow back to theheart resulting in possible heart failure.The dropouts reported great dislike about wearing the belt. A questionnaire givento the all the baggage handlers who wore the belt at some point of time showed that manyof them felt that the belt got excessive hot when they were worn in and around aircrafts.Some handlers experienced profuse sweating around the belt area, while others developedrash around their mid sections where the belts were worn. Baggage handlers wereconstantly shifting from indoor to outdoor whereby the body experiences discernibletemperature change which could be exaggerated by restrictive personal protectiveequipment worn about various parts body area.
56The biggest problem with the study is that the belt wearers did not always wearthe belt while working flights. Out of 896 participants only 642 subjects qualified for thestudy. Two hundred and fifty four participant failed to qualify due failure to report to thesurveyor.3.6.6 Author's Comments on the Study of Back Belt Usage of Baggage HandlersThis study of the use of back belts for baggage handlers was thorough. The sample size,642 randomly selected baggage handlers, was a large and effective. The four treatmentgroups of baggage handlers with belt and training, with belt only, with training, andwithout belt or training—was used appropriate to determine effect of belt or training.The detailed information about the type, and the dimensions, of the belt used was alsohelpful for future studies on the subject.
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AN ERGONOMIC ASSESSMENTOF THE AIRLI
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHAuthor: Stephen
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTI would like to expre
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TABLE OF CONTENTS(Continued)Chapter
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CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION1.1 Baggage Ha
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31.2.2 Author's PreparationMany tim
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Page 29 and 30: Figure 2.4 Musculature of the Later
Page 31 and 32: Figure 2.5 Anatomy of the Shoulder
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Page 35 and 36: 22loading and unloading of narrow-b
Page 37 and 38: 24When the safety professionals wer
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Page 41: 28slowing changing along the landsc
Page 44 and 45: 31aircraft on the tarmac, the bagga
Page 46 and 47: 33baggage handlers with 111 (71%) p
Page 48 and 49: 35In response to the training quest
Page 50 and 51: 37question about loading the wide b
Page 52 and 53: 39combinations were calculated. Eac
Page 54 and 55: 41participants from the Royal Dutch
Page 56 and 57: 43The heights, angles, and velociti
Page 58 and 59: 45placed on various joints on the b
Page 60 and 61: 47The purpose of introducing the pi
Page 62 and 63: 493.6 Back Belt LiteratureThe notio
Page 64 and 65: 51It was out of this necessity for
Page 66 and 67: 53The fleet service clerks, or bagg
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Page 72 and 73: 59A body chart diagram to assess wo
Page 74 and 75: 615.2 The Future of Baggage Handlin
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Page 80 and 81: 67baggage handlers as well as aviat
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