Analysis of the implementation of ergonomic design at the new units of an oil refinery.
Ergonomic design is the adaptation of working conditions to human limitations and skills in the physical design phase of a new installation, a new working system, or new products or tools. Based on this concept, the purpose of this work was to analyze the implementation of ergonomic design at the new industrial units of an oil refinery, using the method of Ergonomic Workplace Assessment. This study was conducted by a multidisciplinary team composed of operation, maintenance and industrial safety technicians, ergonomists, designers and engineers. The analysis involved 6 production units, 1 industrial wastewater treatment unit, and 3 utilities units, all in the design detailing phase, for which 455 ergonomic requirements were identified. An analysis and characterization of the requirements identified for 5 of the production units, involving a total of 246 items, indicated that 62% were related to difficult access and blockage operations, while 15% were related to difficulties in the circulation of employees inside the units. Based on these data, it was found that the ergonomic requirements identified in the design detailing phase of an industrial unit involve physical ergonomics, and that it is very difficult to identify requirements related to organizational or cognitive ergonomics.
Petrobras, Petróleo Brasileiro SA. Refinaria Presidente Getúlio Vargas. Rod. do Xisto BR 476, Araucária, PR, Brazil. carolina.marcon.fisiotrab@petrobras.com.br .
Carolina Reich Marcon
CR
Passero
Erika Lye
EL
Ogasawara
Lucy Mara Silva
LM
Baú
Sandro Artur
SA
Buso
Marcos Cesar
MC
Bianchi
D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D006804:Ergonomics; D019652:Extraction and Processing Industry; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D010578:Petroleum; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis
D010578:Petroleum