
Marc SnellBMW Group · Steering Work Safety and Ergonomics
Marc Snell
Doctor of Philosophy
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Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are one of the largest contributors to lost workdays in the automotive industry. This paper will investigate the prevalence of lost workdays (general, musculoskeletal-related, and low back injury) across departments in an automotive manufacturing setting. Insurance data regarding health outcomes was clustered...
The BMW Group has developed its own tool for ergonomic, and hazard risk assessments: SERA (Safety and Ergonomic Risk Assessment). This system is used across all international locations in the BMW Group. DWSM (Digital Workplace Stress Management) has the aim of automatically, objectively, and digitally capturing the postures and forces relevant to a...
Musculoskeletal disorders continue to be a leading source of lost workdays across all industries. Common ergonomics assessment tools may include criteria extraneous to the stresses at specific companies or industries. Therefore, the creation of assessment tools, based on scientifically validated methods, with industry- or company-specific stresses...
Um die Zeiteffizienz und Qualität der Ergonomiebewertung physischer Tätigkeiten in Produktion und produktionsnahen Bereichen zu erhöhen, hat die BMW Group das Produkt DWSM entwickelt. Unter Nutzung digitaler Messsysteme zur Bewegungs- und Krafterfassung werden automatisiert Ergonomiebewertungen in der firmeneigenen IT-Lösung SERA erstellt. Die hier...
Musculoskeletal disorders continue to be a leading source of lost workdays across all industries. Common ergonomics assessment tools may include criteria extraneous to the stresses at specific companies or industries. Therefore, the creation of assessment tools, based on scientifically validated methods, with industry- or company-specific stresses...
Due to the increasing mean age of workforce across all industry sectors, work-related musculoskeletal diseases, which already have an impact on overall production capacities, are becoming more than ever the focus of attention. Strenuous postures, repetitive tasks, and heavy loads are risk factors for developing work-related diseases. Exoskeletons,...
Awkward postures, high loads, and highly repetitive tasks are risk factors for developing work-related musculoskeletal disorders, which are the main reason for sick days in manufacturing. Overhead work, specifically, is a high-risk factor for developing musculoskeletal disorders of the shoulder, which account for the longest sick leaves among all m...
Objectives: Select biomarkers derived from such tissue damage have been proposed as a tool for predicting MSD risk. Factors beyond the exposure to biomechanical stress, although, may influence these biomarkers and thus should be quantified. The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine (1) whether diurnal variations exist for Cartilage Oli...
The Revised NIOSH lifting equation (RNLE) is designed to approximate the relative risk of developing low-back injuries for two-handed, stationary, lifting tasks. Biomechanical, physiological, and psychophysical studies of the US population were used when determining appropriate RNLE threshold values in order to minimize the risk of low-back injurie...
This paper examines some of the most common hospital and healthcare related injuries and discusses the current OSHA initiative aimed at reducing that injury number. Current injury statistics demonstrate that the rate of workplace injuries in hospitals is similar to that of the construction industry. Although the types of injuries vary widely from h...
Quantifying biomarkers related to tissues commonly injured in occupational settings may be useful for exposure assessment or predicting injury risk. Here, serum levels of Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein (COMP), Interleukin-6 (IL6), and Creatine Kinase (CK) were obtained before and after participants completed a repetitive lumbar flexion/extensi...
Biomarkers of tissue damage, derived from tissues commonly injured as a result of occupational physical demands, may be of use for future prediction of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). This exploratory study assessed whether selected biomarkers are likely to be sensitive to the level of occupational physical demands. Twenty-four part...