Human Factors for the Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Mining Equipment.
Through coverage of topics such as equipment design, operations and maintenance, manual tasks, workstation design, physical environment, this book explores what human factors are all about and their critical importance to safety, health, and efficiency in the minerals industry.
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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
CRC Press,
2010
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Front cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; The Authors; chapter one: What is human factors, and why is it importantfor mining equipment?; chapter two: Equipment design; chapter three: It is not just about design; chapter four: Manual tasks; chapter five: Workstation design andanthropometric variability; chapter six: Physical environment and climate; chapter seven: Vision, visibility, and lighting; chapter eight: Controls and displays; chapter nine: Automation and new technologies; chapter ten:Organisational and task factors; chapter eleven: Training; chapter twelve: Conclusions.
- ReferencesIndex; Back cover.
