Article Dans Une Revue International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Année : 2019

Operational leeway in work situations: do ergonomic risk assessment tools consider operational leeway for job analysis?

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Our study shows that information on operational leeway is limited in the originator articles of the ergonomic risk assessment tools for prevention of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). The tools’ underlying theoretical models do not consider the indicators of operational leeway, and they cannot determine the sufficiency of the situational operational leeway in a work situation. Consequently, regulation of the activity, which ensures the performance goals and the individual's health, has been overlooked. The lack of literature on indicators of situational operational leeway is one of the reasons for this deficit. Defining the indicators for this concept would be an innovation in the approach of MSD risk prevention. Developing empirically the concept of situational operational leeway in risk assessment tools would help to progress the current approach of MSD prevention. This study therefore proposes indicators of situational operational leeway to increase the representativeness and reliability of the risk assessment tools for MSDs.

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halshs-01687347 , version 1 (18-01-2018)

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Maxime Norval, Mohsen Zare, René Brunet, Fabien Coutarel, Yves Roquelaure. Operational leeway in work situations: do ergonomic risk assessment tools consider operational leeway for job analysis?. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2019, 25 (3), pp.429-442. ⟨10.1080/10803548.2017.1387392⟩. ⟨halshs-01687347⟩
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