EFFICIENT SHUNTING WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE PHYSICAL STRESS ON THE CREW

EIN BETRIEBSGERECHTER RANGIERABLAUF UNTER BERUECKSICHTIGUNG DER KOERPERLICHEN BELASTUNG

The problem dealt with in this paper is as follows: If in an in-plant railroad (carrying people and freight) of a steel plant the jobs of locomotive engineer and shunting engineer (or engineers) are combined and the locomotive is telecommunication equipped, is the man filling this job overworked. After evaluation, in terms of time and energy spent, recommendations are made to ensure efficient shunting without overburdening the crew.

• Corporate Authors:

  Verlag Stahleisen mbH

  Breite Strasse 27, Postfach 8229
  4 Dusseldorf 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Wolf, K H
• Publication Date: 1977-8

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 810-814
• Serial:
  • Stahl und Eisen
  • Volume: 97
  • Issue Number: 17
  • Publisher: Verlag Stahleisen mbH

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control; Human factors; Industrial plants; Industrial railroads; Industries; Iron; Iron and steel industry; Job analysis; Locomotive engineers; Locomotive operation; Locomotives; Personnel; Personnel management; Productivity; Radio control; Railroads; Steel; Switching; Telecommunications
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shunting
• Old TRIS Terms: Industrial; Locomotive engineer's tasks; Radio remote control
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173153
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1978 12:00AM