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Diane Gyi
Reader in Health Ergonomics and Design,
Loughborough Design School
Roger Haslam
Professor of Ergonomics, Loughborough Design School
Alistair Gibb
Professor of Construction Engineering Management,
Department of Civil and Building Engineering
What is Working Late: Ageing productively
through design?
This “Working Late” project investigates the role of good design and
ergonomics in healthy working.
The research will be used to create an online resource called OWL (Organiser
for “Working Late”) which will facilitate healthy working through better more
intelligent workplace design.
non-stigmatising
individual choice & control
preventative healthcare
Design
flexible
Questionnaire Survey
26% (n=23) completed questionnaires
83% female
Average age 34 (range 20-63)
Height ranged from 1.52m – 1.98m
32 average hours worked per week
3 years 5 months average time respondents had worked at the RSPCA
The majority of equipment used was cleaning, follwed by medical and IT
All respondents rate their ability to work between 7-10
Results
Questionnaire Survey
Results
Questionnaire Survey
Working posture & frequency
Results
Observations – REBA
Wants
Waist height storage/access
Higher sink
Drying rack
Disinfectant at worktop height
Push swing door ‘Ideally everything wants to be at waist height,
Set area for each food type but unfortunately we don’t live in an ideal world’.
More weighting scales
Drawer for miscellaneous items
Do not want
Not keen on a dishwasher
Not keen on hand dryer
Conclusions
Lower back period prevalence MSDs was 65% and 56% for
shoulders.
Food bowls, barrels and scales were the most frequently used
items in the food preparation room
Conclusions; Design Solutions
sink areas, worktops and storage of
cleaning equipment
D’Souza, E., Barraclough, R., Fishwick, D., Curran, A. 2009, Management of occupational health risks in small-animal
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O’Sullivan, K., Curran, N. 2008, It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet. Occupational injuries in veterinary practitioners working in
Ireland. Ireland Veterinary Journal. 61, 584-587.
Pehkonen, I., Miranda, H., Haukka, E., Luukonen, R., Takala, E-P., Ketola, R., Leino-Arjas, P., Riihimaki, H., Viikari-Juntura, E.
2009b, Prospective study on shoulder symptoms among kitchen workers in relation to self-percieved and observed
work load. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 66, 416-423.
Smith, D.R., Leggat, P.A., Speare, R. 2009, Musculoskeletal disorders and psychosocial risk factors among veterinarians in
Queensland, Australia. Australian Veterinarian Journal. 87, 260-265.
Thank you!