Task Analysis Tools

2. Risk Factors Ergonomic Body Divisions

3. Force Frequency Posture Duration Contact Stress Environment Vibration Why are these important to know? Understand what each tools measures.Why are these important to know? Understand what each tools measures.

4. Upper Extremity Lower Extremity Trunk Understand that different tools are designed to assess different areas of the bodyUnderstand that different tools are designed to assess different areas of the body

5. Use OSHA 200/300 logs Accident Reports Workman�s Compensation info Employee Surveys Visual Cues

6. Body Part Discomfort Form and Rating Scale This can give us excellent information from employees. I like it best when used before there are actual injuries. It can help you figure out what your priorities are for a task, job, or area of a facility based on the discomfort level being experienced by the employees. Be careful with this data also because you are sometimes going to get someone that is hurting everywhere and it may not be related to the job at all. This can give us excellent information from employees. I like it best when used before there are actual injuries. It can help you figure out what your priorities are for a task, job, or area of a facility based on the discomfort level being experienced by the employees. Be careful with this data also because you are sometimes going to get someone that is hurting everywhere and it may not be related to the job at all.

7. A narrative, quantitative and/or checklist system that provides a standardized evaluation of a job/task Tools based on biomechanical and physiological information compiled and calculated providing a relative risk of injury probability Can be specific for body region and/or risk factors

8. Provide guidance Where to begin corrective actions Helps direct efforts toward specific body division, risk factors Involve employees Employees can perform assessments Provide a level of measurement Shows improvement of tasks Baseline data

9. Two criteria for use: What are you trying to find out? General vs. Specific information  What limitations must be considered? Various tools are only able to assess specific body regions General information: what job should we start specific controls for Specific: In this previously identified job, what areas are the most concernGeneral information: what job should we start specific controls for Specific: In this previously identified job, what areas are the most concern

10. Checklists Easy to use Less time consuming Minimal training Very sensitive: One check, task must be considered

13. Washington State Checklist (WISHA) NIOSH University of Michigan

14. Checklist system that identifies �caution or hazard zone jobs� Incorporates each of the risk factors including vibration and contact stress Has separate evaluation for heavy, frequent or awkward lifting Uses verbal cues to guide user through evaluation criteria Not generally left or right side independent

30. Search Select Grasp Reach Move Hold Position Inspect Assemble Disassemble Use Unavoidable Delay Avoidable Delay Plan Rest to overcome fatigue