The Scottish & Newcastle Experience with Ergonomics
MBAA TQ vol. 40, no. 4, 2003, pp. 280-282 |
VIEW ARTICLE
Maria Butler. Scottish & Newcastle Plc., Occupational Health and Safety
Services, 50 East Fettes Ave., Edinburgh, EH4 1RR, United Kingdom.
Abstract
Partly as a result of European Union legislation in 1992, an ergonomics
adviser was hired by the Occupational Health and Safety Services Department
within Scottish & Newcastle to assist with the ergonomic considerations
inherent within these regulations. Although employed initially to address the
manual handling issues within the beer delivery operations, the role of the
ergonomist has evolved to provide support and advice to many of the corporate
programs aimed at improving employee health and safety. This paper describes
three such programs; namely those of manual handling, display screen equipment, and occupational stress. In addition to describing the systems
involved with each of the programs, information is also supplied with respect to
the cost benefits of each.
Keywords: corporate program, cost-benefit analysis, display screen
equipment, manual handling, occupational stress
S�ntesis
El Departamento de Salud Ocupacional y Servicios de Seguridad de Scottish
& Newcastle emple� un consultor de ergonom�a para asistir en la
evaluaci�n de consideraciones ergon�micas inherentes en la legislaci�n de la
Uni�n Europea de 1992. Aunque inicialmente fue empleado para revisar la manera
de manejar objetos manualmente en las operaciones de entrega de cerveza, el
papel del ergonomista ha evolucionado, dando soporte y consejos a muchos de los
programas corporativos visando mejorar la seguridad y salud de sus empleados.
Esta presentaci�n describe tres de estos programas: manejo manual, equipo de
monitoreo y estr�s ocupacional. Adem�s de describir los sistemas que tienen
que ver con cada programa, tambi�n se informa al respecto de los beneficios de
costos para cada programa.
Palabras claves: programas corporativos, an�lisis de beneficio de
costos, equipo de monitoreo, manejo manual, estr�s ocupacional
