Paper, Hand Anthropometry Survey for the Colombian Population
HAND ANTHROPOMETRY SURVEY FOR THE COLOMBIAN POPULATION
ABSTRACT During the in course semester, a number of students from a Colombian college, Universidad Del Norte studied anthropometric measures from a population of 192 workers in the manufacture industry. Throughout this paper, genders and ages will be compared by analyzing and comparing various indices (e.g. percentile values, standard deviations, mean values, etc.), with aid of charts and graphics, extracted from the selected sample from Barranquilla’s population vs. Bangladeshis’, Nigerians’, Vietnamese’s, Americans’, Japanese’s, Chinese’s, British, Americans’ and Mexicans’. The importance of these results relies on the provision and exposure of differences between South Americans’ (more precisely, Barranquilla’s) and European, North American, African or Asian populations, in anthropometric terms. The analysis of these results would then provide a solid base on how hand tools or some kinds of machinery should be designed, looking forward to preserve ergonomic principles, focused on the jurisdiction cleared earlier. of these factors affect the productivity of the organization. Therefore, various researchers have pointed out the importance of using relevant anthropometric data in equipment design. In the United States, it has been estimated that there are over 260,000 hand tool injuries each year and it is believed that worker–tool mismatches have contributed to these injuries to some extent. Is a fact that the industrialized countries are lacking of data that contains information of the
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1. INTRODUCTION In order to achieve a productive organization is very important that the workers have adequate resources as equipment, hand tools and machinery to accomplish every task in the appropriated conditionsand be compatible with the physical characteristics of the workers. If the company doesn’t reach these parameters it can contribute in some factors and discomfort, accidents, fatigue, injuries and other
ABSTRACT During the in course semester, a number of students from a Colombian college, Universidad Del Norte studied anthropometric measures from a population of 192 workers in the manufacture industry. Throughout this paper, genders and ages will be compared by analyzing and comparing various indices (e.g. percentile values, standard deviations, mean values, etc.), with aid of charts and graphics, extracted from the selected sample from Barranquilla’s population vs. Bangladeshis’, Nigerians’, Vietnamese’s, Americans’, Japanese’s, Chinese’s, British, Americans’ and Mexicans’. The importance of these results relies on the provision and exposure of differences between South Americans’ (more precisely, Barranquilla’s) and European, North American, African or Asian populations, in anthropometric terms. The analysis of these results would then provide a solid base on how hand tools or some kinds of machinery should be designed, looking forward to preserve ergonomic principles, focused on the jurisdiction cleared earlier. of these factors affect the productivity of the organization. Therefore, various researchers have pointed out the importance of using relevant anthropometric data in equipment design. In the United States, it has been estimated that there are over 260,000 hand tool injuries each year and it is believed that worker–tool mismatches have contributed to these injuries to some extent. Is a fact that the industrialized countries are lacking of data that contains information of the
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1. INTRODUCTION In order to achieve a productive organization is very important that the workers have adequate resources as equipment, hand tools and machinery to accomplish every task in the appropriated conditionsand be compatible with the physical characteristics of the workers. If the company doesn’t reach these parameters it can contribute in some factors and discomfort, accidents, fatigue, injuries and other
References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demograp hics_of_Colombia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia Hand anthropometry survey for the Jordanian population NabeelMandahawia, SheikImrhanb, SalmanAl-Shobakia, B.SarderbaIndustrial EngineeringDepartment,TheHashemiteUn iversity.