Jorgensen Michael, Davis Kermit, Kotowski Susan, Aedla Pranathi, Dunning Kari
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Wichita State University, KS, USA.
Ergonomics. 2005 Dec 15;48(15):1721-33. doi: 10.1080/00140130500247545.
Job rotation has been advocated as a suitable intervention to control work-related musculoskeletal disorders. However, little is known regarding the prevalence of job rotation, methods used to identify jobs for rotation or the benefits or limitations of job rotation. A web-based questionnaire was developed to survey job rotation practices from Midwest US manufacturing companies. Results indicated that 42.7% of the companies contacted used job rotation, where the median time for which they had used job rotation was 5 years. Job rotation was used mainly to reduce exposure to risk factors for work-related injuries and to reduce work related injuries, whereas supervisor decisions and ergonomic analyses were used to select jobs for the rotation scheme. Major limitations to successful implementation of job rotation included rotation of individuals with medical restrictions, decreased product quality and lack of jobs to rotate to. These findings suggest that further study is needed to determine if exposure to risk factors is reduced through current efforts.
工作轮换被倡导为一种控制与工作相关的肌肉骨骼疾病的合适干预措施。然而，对于工作轮换的普及率、用于确定轮换工作的方法或工作轮换的益处或局限性，人们了解甚少。开发了一份基于网络的调查问卷，以调查美国中西部制造企业的工作轮换实践情况。结果表明，42.7%的受访公司采用了工作轮换，其中他们使用工作轮换的中位时间为5年。工作轮换主要用于减少接触与工作相关伤害的风险因素以及减少与工作相关的伤害，而主管决策和人体工程学分析则用于为轮换计划选择工作。成功实施工作轮换的主要限制包括对有医疗限制的人员进行轮换、产品质量下降以及缺乏可供轮换的工作。这些发现表明，需要进一步研究以确定当前的努力是否能减少接触风险因素的情况。
