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Evaluation and Improvement of Comfort for a Clerical Worker by Using Ergonomics


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1 Department of Industrial Engineering, Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering, Nagpur, India
     

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Clerical jobs involves repetitive work of same kind. The fatigue caused to worker may be caused due to their mental state of working which involves working conditions, workplace noise, accelerated work paces and work related mental disorders. There are also some physical problems related to ergonomics. Up stretched prolonged position in front of computer or small letter documents with a similar exposure of vision to eyes. This is referred as "Ergonomic Stress". So an approach should be made to determine a measure for Physio-mental ergonomic comfort for clerical worker by considering all the possible factors and all affecting aspects. This paper reviews various literatures related to ergonomic aspects, survey researches, cognitive data analysis, factor analysis, etc.

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Clerical Work, Ergonomics, Physio-Mental Comfort, Work Related Disorders, Emotional Constraints.
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H. M. Shukla
Department of Industrial Engineering, Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering, Nagpur, India
M. M. Gupta
Department of Industrial Engineering, Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering, Nagpur, India

Abstract


Clerical jobs involves repetitive work of same kind. The fatigue caused to worker may be caused due to their mental state of working which involves working conditions, workplace noise, accelerated work paces and work related mental disorders. There are also some physical problems related to ergonomics. Up stretched prolonged position in front of computer or small letter documents with a similar exposure of vision to eyes. This is referred as "Ergonomic Stress". So an approach should be made to determine a measure for Physio-mental ergonomic comfort for clerical worker by considering all the possible factors and all affecting aspects. This paper reviews various literatures related to ergonomic aspects, survey researches, cognitive data analysis, factor analysis, etc.

Keywords


Clerical Work, Ergonomics, Physio-Mental Comfort, Work Related Disorders, Emotional Constraints.