ABSTRACT
Ergonomics is the science of designing the workplace while keeping in mind the capabilities and limitations of the worker. Overall, poor ergonomic safety and health at work can cause serious damage to health or occupational illnesses. This article is focused on the issue of ergonomic risk analysis and occupational health at a workplace. The primary ergonomic conditions by using the ergonomic RULA (Rapid Upper Limb Assessment) method in a selected workplace; it subsequently proposes reasonable measures. In the first part of the article the basic concepts of ergonomics and the most frequently used methods that deal directly with ergonomic aspects are briefly characterized. The following section is characterized by an analysis of a job and the related evaluation of the ergonomic RULA method using worksheets. A description of the particular method and procedure are graphically displayed by illustrations. Acute measures were thenproposed that are actually applicable in practice.
