Human Factors for the Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Mining - Equipmen

Informationen zum Autor Tim Horberry, Robin Burgess-Limerick, Lisa J. Steiner Klappentext Written by leading experts from Australia and North America, this book covers the impact of new mining technology on human work performance and safety. Ergonomics experts Tim John Horberry, Robin Burgess-Limerick, and Lisa J. Steiner draw on their personal experience to provide recent research, case studies, and examples, making the book useful, accurate, informative, and easy to read. The authors combine their in-the-trenches experience and academic expertise to present a treatment that balances breadth with depth. The book supplies a much-needed overview of the human element in the journey to optimal equipment design of mining equipment. Zusammenfassung Through coverage of topics such as equipment design, operations and maintenance, manual tasks, workstation design, physical environment, this book explores what human factors are all about and their critical importance to safety, health, and efficiency in the minerals industry. Inhaltsverzeichnis What is Human Factors, and Why is It Important for Mining Equipment? Equipment Design. It Is Not Just About Design: Mining Equipment Operations and Maintenance. Manual Tasks. Workstation Design and Anthropometric Variability. Physical Environment and Climate. Vision, Visibility and Lighting. Controls and Displays. Automation and New Technologies. Organisational and Task Factors. Training. References. Index.

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• Authors: Robin Burgess-Limerick, Robin (University of Queensland Burgess-Limerick, Burgess-Limerick Robin, Tim Horberry, Tim (Human Factors Trl Horberry, Tim (Monash University Horberry, Tim Burgess-Limerick Horberry, Tim John Burgess-Limerick Horberry, Horberry Tim, Lisa J. Steiner, Steiner Lisa J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.2010
• EAN: 9781439802311
• ISBN: 978-1-4398-0231-1
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Human Factors in Mining
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering, SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Design / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, Electrical Engineering, Optical physics, Engineering: general, Ergonomics