Reasons for applying innovations for scaffolding work.
In this paper reasons for applying and for not applying technical and organisational innovations in scaffolding work are studied. In a participatory ergonomic approach these innovations were developed to reduce problems concerning physical load of scaffolders. In this study reasons for the adoption of the innovations in the scaffolding sector are evaluated in 2 studies, in 48 companies. More than half of the scaffolding sector in the Netherlands adopted the innovations. Reasons for applying innovations concerned improvement of work and health and satisfaction with usage. The reason for not applying the innovations concerned specific situations, such as offshore work, in which innovations were not applicable.
de Jong
Annelise M
AM
Faculty of Industrial Design, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands. a.m.dejong@io.tudelft.nl
van der Molen
Henk
H
Vink
Peter
P
Eikhout
Sandra
S
Koningsveld
Ernst
E
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