Conclusion

In the final analysis, it appears that ergonomic intervention is akin to training-action: it situates the staff concerned as co-designers of their work situation, structures the appropriation process and thus facilitates the learning of the new work situation.

For prevention specialists and engineers alike, acquiring an understanding of ergonomic principles will mean a new and fruitful approach to occupational health and safety issues.

The acquisition of knowledge of the ergonomic approach by each of them will encourage the adoption of a global approach to the work situation: no fact will be treated in isolation, out of context. Risk prevention will be approached from both a technical and a human angle.

They will observe actual work, without preconceived or moralizing attitudes, to try to understand the reasons for...