An ergonomic assessment of the airline baggage handler
An ergonomic assessment of the airline baggage handler
An ergonomic assessment of the airline baggage handler
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59A body chart diagram to assess work related pain for <strong>the</strong> joints and body areacould be used to gauge worker's backgrounds and experiences with injury. Once asurvey is developed along with <strong>the</strong> body chart pain diagram, it should be administered at<strong>the</strong> beginning, as well as at <strong>the</strong> end, <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study so that <strong>the</strong> researcher can gauge anyeffects as a result <strong>of</strong> participating in and/or completing a study. Most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> researchstudies reviewed in this work followed similar formats.The author has created a body chart pain diagram along with a set <strong>of</strong> questions(see Appendix) based on Dell's survey, and <strong>the</strong> author's personal experience withobservations made at an international airport that may be useful for researchers whowanted to perform fur<strong>the</strong>r <strong>ergonomic</strong> evaluation or studies on <strong>baggage</strong> <strong>handler</strong>s.