Research Article

Ergonomic Study and Design of the Pulpit of a Wire Rod Mill at an Integrated Steel Plant

Table 3

Final outcomes of seven ErgoFellow tools used in the present study.

ActivityToolScoreRisk levelAction

Feeding of billets into the reheating furnace by operatorRULA74 (high)Investigation and changes are required immediately
REBA104 (high)High risk, investigating and implementing change
OWASHighCorrective action should be done as soon as possible
Suzzane RodgersHighVery high priority for change
Moore and Garg (strain index)74 (high)Hazardous
QEC (quick exposure check)HighWorse situation

Lehmann
Position of the bodyDescription of workDurationMetabolism

SittingUpper limb-hard5 hrs725 kcal