Risk Analysis and Management of Repetitive Actions : A Guide for Applying the OCRA System (Occupational Repetitive Actions), 3rd Edition

This book covers the application of the OCRA (Occupational Repetitive Actions) method. The methods make up a system dedicated to the analysis and management of the risk of biomechanical overload of the upper limbs. The book focuses on the OCRA checklist which presents various models from the most simplified, to the most complex. It describes methods, criteria, procedures and tools on how to perform such an assessment, in line with international standards. The book provides you with the correct methods and tools for prevention of upper limb work related musculoskeletal disorders no matter what the working environment is or what the international standards dictates.

• OCRA methods and tools
• Presentation of different tools in relation to different needs tools (downloaded for free)
• Analysis of rotations between multiple repetitive tasks
• Several examples of applications
• Role of occupational physician in risk management: health surveillance techniques and affected workers re-allocation

Preface

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Brief Notes on Analysis of the Work Process in Companies : From Macro to Micro Analysis of Jobs and task as the Basis for the Study of Workers Exposure
Chapter 3 : Preliminary Hazard and Risk Identification and Evaluation
Chapter 4 : The "Basic" OCRA Checklist : Contents, Application Procedures, and Risk Classification
Chapter 5 : Variants of the OCRA Checklist
Chapter 6 : Evaluation of Task Rotations
Chapter 7 : Mapping the Risks from Biomechanical Overload of the Upper Limbs : Criteria, Procedures, and Aims
Chapter 8 : Analyzing Complex Jobs (with Repetitive Tasks) : Applicative Examples
Chapter 9 : The OCRA Index
Chapter 10 : Health Surveillance
Chapter 11 : Guidelines for (RE) Design of Manual Repetitive Tasks and Workplaces and Criteria for the Relocation of Workers Suffering from Work-Related Musculoskeletal Diseases (WMSDs)

Index