Ergonomic Analysis of the Job of Assembly and Maintenance in an Electronic Equipment Company

Abstract

This article describes an ergonomic assessment of the production of traffic lights in an electronics company, located in Recife - PE. The workstation studied was assembly and maintenance in which we sought to identify potential ergonomic problems. Then such problems were ranked in order to determine their seriousness and the urgency of solving them using the technique of value analysis and Kepner Tregoe [10]. Video recordings and photographs were taken to support the ergonomic assessment and scientifically validated questionnaires were used to survey the profile of the workers, the characteristics of the job, health indicators and the physical and social conditions and the human labor costs. This paper also presents ergonomic recommendations for improvements in the physical, organizational and cognitive conditions in the work environment.