THE MEDICAL ASPECTS OF TRANSPORT AND THE COMPLEX ERGONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF WORK TASKS: VISUAL DISPLAY RELAY CONTROL DESKS AND DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES

VERKEHRSMEDIZINISCHE ASPEKTE DER ERGONOMISCHEN KOMPLEXANALYSE DER ARBEITSPLATZ: GLEISBILDSTELLWERK UND DIESELTRIEBFAHRZEUG

The forms of effort to be made in carrying out a job and the extent of the effort to be made by the Chief Safety Officer at visual display relay control desks have been defined and it was concluded that staff working at visual display relay control desks must undergo special medical and psychological tests. As a result of changes in traction modes, diesel operation has caused an increase in noise disturbance for staff working on motive power units. Medical checks should be carried out to avoid professional diseases.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transpress VEB Verlag fuer Verkehrswesen

  Leipziger Strasse 125
  108 Berlin 8,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Lessing, G
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 290-297
• Serial:
  • Verkehrsmedizin und Ihre Grenzgebiete
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 8/9
  • Publisher: Transpress VEB Verlag fuer Verkehrswesen

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control; Control devices; Human factors; Locomotives; Personnel; Physiological aspects; Psychological aspects; Vehicle cabs
• Identifier Terms: Deutsche Bahn; Deutsche Bundesbahn
• Old TRIS Terms: Locomotive controls; Physiological factors
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131013
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1976 12:00AM