Final project assignment and using the REBA instrument. You will be required to find a task in which is repetitious and has a work cycle you can evaluate. You are required to break the task down into individual steps/elements and record the time, dominant hand used, force used (estimated) and other factors.
After this is completed you are to complete the REBA instrument form and evaluate the risk involved with the task. You are to then provide a recommendation if the risk is severe.So you have to use the files attached are the ergonomic JHA and REBA forms. Instructions on how to complete the form are attached and will be reviewed in class. It is vital that you perform a thorough JHA and REBA assessment in order to complete the PPT program.
Directions: This is your final project for this course. You are to perform a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) identifying individual steps, which poses increases increased risk for ergonomic injuries.
(1.) The first step is to identify a job task, which is repetitive in nature. You are to watch and record the individual steps within the task or the work cycle. Work cycles normally do not exceed 2 minutes. Reach step within the work cycle is called an element and the time in seconds associated with each element. Record the time in seconds in the appropriate column.
(2.) Record the appropriate percentage of time the task is usually done in the correct column.
(3.) In column 3 record the dominant hand left or right (L/R) associated with this step of the task. Dominant hand meaning the one doing the majority of the work.
(4.) If the worker is using a tool to perform a task within one specific element record here and estimate the amount of force necessary to perform the task in column 4. The amount of force should be recorded in kg.
(5.) Name/describe the tool used to perform the task for each step if there is one. Record the approximate weight of the tool and if it vibrates.
(6.) Describe the posture of each step as normal, abnormal and if abnormal which body part is out of the neutral position.