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Design Specifications for a New Equipment to Be Used by Workers in Aircraft Industry Maintenance

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Many air accidents result from contributing human factors, and maintenance is responsible for the large number of interventions in the industry. In his context, the main objectives of this study was to identify and understand the existence of problems for the workers related with maintenance activities under whole belly of the aircraft and define a concept for the development of an equipment that can solve the encountered problems and meet the needs of the industrial organization for performing tasks below the aircraft. We had encountered problems related to musculoskeletal injuries due to poor conditions, visual fatigue due to poor lighting and accidents related to head injury with aircraft structures. Brainstorming meetings with the workers, health and safety professionals, designers and ergonomists allows the definition of the main requirements for a “maintenance car” to avoid the previous problems.

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  1. CIAUD, Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua Sá Nogueira, 1349-063, Lisboa, Portugal

    Waldemar Freitas Neto, Francisco Rebelo & Fernando Moreira da Silva

  2. Laboratório de Ergonomia, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, 1499-002, Cruz Quebrada – Dafundo, Portugal

    Francisco Rebelo

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  1. Urban Planning and Design and Ergonomics Laboratory, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Research Centre in Architecture, Lisbon, Portugal

    Francisco Rebelo

  2. School of Design, Hunan University, Changsha, China

    Marcelo M. Soares

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Neto, W.F., Rebelo, F., da Silva, F.M. (2019). Design Specifications for a New Equipment to Be Used by Workers in Aircraft Industry Maintenance. In: Rebelo, F., Soares, M. (eds) Advances in Ergonomics in Design. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 777. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94706-8_61

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