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The Business of Safety

The Business of Safety. Commonsense Ergonomics Around the Globe. Governor’s PacRim S&H Conf , Honolulu, HI May 7-9, 2014 “The Business of Safety”. Chitaranjan ( Jivan ) Saran, PhD, PE, CPE, CHCM. G 1. Professor Emeritus - Ergonomist - Engineer University of Central Missouri

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The Business of Safety

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  1. The Business of Safety Commonsense Ergonomics Around the Globe Governor’s PacRim S&H Conf, Honolulu, HI May 7-9, 2014 “The Business of Safety”

  2. Chitaranjan (Jivan) Saran, PhD, PE, CPE, CHCM G 1 • Professor Emeritus - Ergonomist - Engineer • University of Central Missouri • T/F: 660 747 8065 • saran@charter.net, • Warrensburg, MO 64093

  3. ACCENT

  4. Aloha kakahiaka. (Aloha ahiahi). Mahalo no kekonoÿanamai. InämaopopoÿoleiäÿoeikoÿuÿaleloHawaiÿi, hikiiaÿukeÿölelo Hindi. Akä, maopopoÿolekoÿumaumäkuaikoÿuÿölelo Hindi. ÿAÿolemaopopokaÿuwahine Puerto Rico ikoÿuÿöleloPaniolo. Maopopoÿolekaÿukeiki a me koÿumauhaumänaikoÿuÿöleloHaole. Me këiahuikau, e holomuakäkoui ka ÿöleloHaole. Mahalo

  5. “Greetings. Thank you for inviting me. If you have difficulty with my accent, I can always start in Hindi. But my parents could not understand my Hindi. My Puerto Rican wife does not understand my Spanish. My son and my students do not understand my English. With all this confusion, let us continue in English. Thanks”

  6. OUR LOCATION

  7. Warrensburg Lattitude: 38°45' 46" N 93° 44' 8" W Longitude: http://faculty.ucmo.edu/saran/PacRim/

  8. Honolulu, HI to Warrensburg, MO • 4,754 miles East

  9. Center of the Country WARRENSBURG *

  10. Center of the Universe Warrensburg

  11. Our Population Humans 16K Cattle 32K Pigs 32K Chicken 64K Farmland 128K acres

  12. OUR SPORTS

  13. OurFirst Citizen

  14. U UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUewe

  15. ERGONOMICSFirst Introduced into the Scientific Literature By a Polish educator/biologist/scientist WojciechJastrzębowski in 1840

  16. What is ERGONOMICS?

  17. Ergonomics = • Ergon (Work) + • Nomos (Norms or laws)

  18. My Mentors • Dr T P Ojha, Indian Institute of Tech • Dr C W Suggs, N C State U, Bio & Ag Eng • Mr Stanley Lippert, 5th Pres of HFS • Dr Ervin Tichauer, NYU Inst of Rehab Med • Dr John Grimaldi, NYU Center for Safety • EntienneGrandjean, Switzerland

  19. My Approach • Holistic, • Systems, • Inclusive, • Commonsense

  20. Time and motion study • A businessefficiency technique combining • the Time Study work of Frederick Winslow Taylor with • the Motion Study work of Frank and LillianGilbreth • It is a major part of scientific management (Taylorism).

  21. T&M Studies • Time study standard times, • Motion study work methods. • Consider SHE implication of excessive productivity

  22. Ergonomics is Common Sense • which our grand mothers tried to inculcate in us- “excesses are bad.”

  23. Repetitive exposures to excessive stresses without proper training or rest may result in • lifting challenges, • hyper- and hypo- thermia, • hearing loss, • cumulative traumas, and • carpal tunnel syndromes.

  24. Most of the diseases are • Cumulative traumas or mini-injuries • Symptoms take longer to appear • One cell deforms or dies at a time

  25. Ergonomics improves productivity, safety and health, and the quality of life. It depends upon one’s psychosocial and physical environments • It is essential that internal bodily environment be in harmony with the external environment.

  26. Disharmony Disharmony between internal bodily stresses and external stresses Injuries, Illnesses, Environmental challenges

  27. Communication Challenges • Written • Linguistic • Verbal- accent • Non Verbal: • Speaker’s appearance & attitude • Listener’s attitude, biases, needs

  28. Ergonomics balances internal bodily environment with external physical & psychosocial environment

  29. This balance improves safety, health, and productivity in a friendly environment.

  30. Psycho-social & Physical Environments are functions of one’s • Culture & • Genetic make-up

  31. Adaptability: • has posed significant challenges to • Safety, • Health, and • Environment

  32. 1840 Chicago World Fair Motto • Machines Perform • Men Conform (Adapt)

  33. Human Adaptability Causes Stress

  34. Adaptability

  35. Adaptability Tallest man ever- 8 ft 11.1in Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 - July 15, 1940) Alton, Illinois

  36. Adaptability • Tallest woman ever- • 8 ft 1.75 in • ZengJinlian • (June 26, 1964 – • February 13, 1982), • Hunan, China,

  37. Adaptability-

  38. Adaptability

  39. Adaptability

  40. Adaptability

  41. Adaptability

  42. Adaptability Lily Tomlin

  43. Adaptability

  44. Adaptability

  45. Design the Environment to suit the • Individual or the • Group

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