Working Posture Assessment : The TACOS (Time-Based Assessment Computerized Strategy) Method
edited by Daniela Colombini and Enrico Occhipinti
Introduction and aims -- Methods for evaluating working postures in international standards : ISO 11226 (2000) -- evaluation of static working postures, and EN 1005-4 (2005) -- evaluation of working postures and movements in relation to machinery -- Working posture assessment criteria featured in the principal methods found in the literature : a comparison -- The TACOs method -- Timed score calculation methods in multitask exposure scenarios -- Simple tools for using the TACOs method to assess postures : an example of a multitask job with in a daily cycle -- Simple tools for using the TACOs method to assess postures : the example of a multitask job based on a weekly/monthly cycle -- Simple tools for using the TACOs method to assess postures : the example of a multitask job based in an annual cycle -- The physiotherapist : example of an analysis of biomechanical overload of the upper limbs and awkward postures of the spine and lower limbs among professionals in an orthopedic clinic -- The construction worker : example of biomechanical overload of the upper limbs and awkward postures of the spine and lower limbs in several typical tasks -- Multitask analysis among workers at archeological digs / Katia Nadalini -- Analysis of back and lower limb postures among child care center staff -- Biomechanical overload and awkward postures among vineyard workers : risk analysis.
