Ergonomics approach
Ergonomy - An approach at the service of prevention

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Ergonomics approach


Ergonomy - An approach at the service of prevention

Authors : Florence HELLA, Jean-Louis POMIAN, Alain MAYER

Publication date: October 10, 2007 | Lire en français

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2. Ergonomics approach

The ergonomic approach is comprehensive (multi-criteria), iterative and structured, in collaboration with the personnel concerned. As such, it draws on the company's skills and the ergonomist's scientific knowledge of work.

A participatory approach based on progressive validation, the ergonomic approach corresponds as closely as possible to the definition of a preventive approach. It is always based on a request from the company, and is generally built around a number of different stages (figure ):

  • analysis of the initial demand, to identify the problem posed by the company;

  • a global approach to the situation, to set the framework for the study (initial description of work situations through global observation);

  • activity analysis, which helps to...

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