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RAMP 2.0 – Further Development of the RAMP Tool
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems, Ergonomics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7565-854X
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3401-8850
2021 (English)In: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems., Springer Nature , 2021, p. 182-189Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

RAMP (Risk Assessment and Management tool for manual handling – Proactively), a freely accessible MSD risk management tool for manual handling work, was launched 2017 to contribute to the reduction of musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) risks for manual handling work-tasks. The tool is currently developed further, using an iterative participative methodology, to: i) enhance the RAMP tool’s application range, mainly to include hand-intensive work, ii) develop a system version of the tool, and iii) include key performance indicators (KPIs). A needs analysis resulted in 99 identified needs. Regarding i), six needs were assessed as “very important to include” to enhance the application range. A literature study focusing on relevant risk factors and how exposure to them is associated with MSD risks was carried out and first drafts of a model for assessing risks in hand-intensive work are iteratively developed, using feedback from intended users. Regarding ii), 50 needs and suggestions on what to consider when developing a databased system version of the RAMP tool were identified. Prototypes of parts of the system-version are iteratively developed, using intended users’ feedback. Regarding iii), the needs analysis resulted in 16 suggested KPIs, including KPIs based solely on RAMP results and KPIs which can be established combining RAMP results and company data. The project is ongoing. An enhanced RAMP tool, RAMP 2.0, with the abovementioned expansions could support MSD risk assessment and risk management in systematic MSD risks reduction work for a wide range of work tasks.

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Springer Nature , 2021. p. 182-189
Keywords [en]
MSDs, Participatory ergonomics, Risk assessment, Risk management, Tool
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Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-310732DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-74611-7_25Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85111105279OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-310732DiVA, id: diva2:1651223
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Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021), 13 June- 18 June 2021.
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Part of proceedings ISBN: 978-3-030-74610-0

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Available from: 2022-04-11 Created: 2022-04-11 Last updated: 2023-12-05Bibliographically approved

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