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The use of methods and tools in ergonomic risk assessment presents variations of the interpretation of its results, being more or less restrictive on the measurement related to the severity of the risk. This happens because of many reasons: it begins with the choice of the method, going through the content and limitations of each tool, the underlying factors, such as the interpretation of the analyst and the peculiarities of the activity, of the system and of the organization of the company itself, which leads to doubts regarding the accuracy of the final conclusion. The objective of this paper is to propose the approach to a risk weighting method of the ergonomic tools based on the combination of FMEA concepts, risk matrix and company specifications, considering, besides the final result of the ergonomic tool, other factors involving the existing probabilities and controls, with greater emphasis on the method of ergonomic assessment, thus respecting the company particularities and those of the workers who constitute it, where both receive a greater protagonism role on the final result of the assessment and in the commitment with the improvements.
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da Silva, O.F. (2019). Approach of a Risk Weighting Method of Ergonomic Tools Based on the Combination of the Concepts of FMEA, Risk Matrix and Company Specifications. In: Arezes, P. (eds) Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 791. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94589-7_10
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