Ergonomic reconception of a workstation

Problem

This project aimed to deploy an ergonomic approach to a work situation, a real workstation, studied in a factory to analyze and identify the difficulties encountered by operators. Therefore, this analysis enabled some technical and organizational solutions to improve the health and safety of operators but also productivity to be introduced.
This study was conducted in close concertation with the company and its operators throughout the project.

The project, step by step

Demand analysis, ensuring that the main economic and social indicators highlight the problems at the workstation.
Research for background information about the general characteristics of the company, workstation and operators for complete mastery of the subject.
Ergonomic diagnosis of the station, following an analysis of the existing work and an assessment of economic and social indicators by means of several recognized tools (Nordic and Karasek questionnaire, APACT card, etc.).
Ergonomic study of factors emerging as priorities. They were dealt with to highlight quantitative and objective data of the workstation, through tools adapted again (metabolism calculation, Kronos captiv, standards X35-101, X35-109, X35-104, NIOSH, …).
Ergonomic requirements for each problematic situations identified at the previous step.
Definition of pre-concepts complying with previous recommendations.
Choice and validation of a concept having established a desirable future task. The concept delivered is ergonomically evaluated and costed.

You will find below some pictures of the project and the 3D model of the final workstation.

Final concept	Ergonomic diagnosis of the station This step allows to do, for example, an analysis and an assessment of the activity and an evaluation of the economic and social indicators.
Ergonomic study of priority factors In this major step of the project, several tools were collected thanks to specialized tools for the affected problems (Efforts, trips, charging port, visibility, ...)	Choice and validation Pre-concept were drawn thanks to the ergonomics requirements. It allows to do a final concept, evaluated (ergonomic and cost)