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Ergonomics Evaluation Of Task Demands Among Kitchen Staff, Jaqueline Pereira Da Silva
Ergonomics Evaluation Of Task Demands Among Kitchen Staff, Jaqueline Pereira Da Silva
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the workplace demands faced by a group of kitchen staff at six dining centers and to survey musculoskeletal complaints among this sample of workers. The dining centers were located in six different public elementary and middle schools in a city in the south of Brazil. This research was developed following qualitative research design, and the researcher made use of the “Activity Oriented Ergonomics (AOE) methodology.
The AOE focuses on the work analysis that evaluates real work situations that allows a reassessment of work demands. In this case the chosen methodology was a …