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Evaluation of a Workplace Redesign of a Grocery Checkout System

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Summary, in English

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects on the working postures and movements of a cashier when two different locations of the scales (one to the left of the cashier, the other under the conveyer belt in front of the cashier) were used in a grocery checkout system. Two cashiers (of average stature and short stature) were videotaped while working, in both sitting and standing working positions. Analysis of the video tapes was performed using the WOPALAS method and video observations. The results of the study show that the design of the checkout system with the scales under the conveyer belt provides a more favourable working position for both the taller and the shorter cashier. Additionally, the results indicate that a standing position is more favourable than a sitting one for the taller cashier while for the shorter cashier the sitting position is better.

Publishing year

1998

Language

English

Pages

261-266

Publication/Series

Applied Ergonomics

Volume

29

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Environmental Health and Occupational Health

Keywords

  • ergonomics
  • work place design
  • grocery checkout system
  • scales
  • working postures
  • working movements
  • WOPALAS

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1872-9126