2021 Conference - Papers Sorted by Session - ISOES

The XXXIIIrd Annual International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference Virtual Conference

2021 Conference - Papers Sorted by Paper Title

Thursday - September 16, 2021
Session I – Vibration and Occupational hazards	Session II – Biomechanical Assessment and Postural Analysis	Session III – New Methods/Technologies for Risk Assessment & Accident Prevention

Friday - September 17, 2021
Session IV – Ergonomic Risks, Exoskeleton, and Others	Session V – Occupational Health and Safety: Case Studies	Session VI – Safety/Assistive Product and Evaluation

Session I - Vibration and Occupational hazards

Paper
Whole-Body Vibration Exposure For North American Locomotive Train Crews: An Update	Steve Fleming, George Page and Greg Weames
Changes in Physiological Stress and Muscle Damage Biomarker Expression after the Completion of Repetitive Cycle Exercises with and without Compression Arm Sleeves	Amber Rohrer, Daniel Conde and Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia
Range of Motion from Four Passive Shoulder Exoskeletons	Nils A. Hakansson, Michael Jorgensen, Jaydip Desai, Aaron Hodson and Trent Madden

Session II - Biomechanical Assessment and Postural Analysis

Paper
Safety and Ergonomics Risk Assessment (SERA): A Customized Ergonomics Assessment Tool for Automobile Manufacturing	Marc Snell, Arman Dehghani, Fabian Guenzkofer and Stefan Kaltenbrunner
Extended Abstract: An Empirical Study Reviewing Occupational Exposure Leading to Lung Related Diseases and COVID-19 Incidences in Louisiana Parishes	Priyadarshini Dasgupta, Debarshi Roy and Jullian Perrone
A Proposed Method for Improving Ergonomic Risk in Maintenance Jobs	Ted Desmarais and Richard Wyatt
Estimation of Moments in Simulated Dental Cleaning Task in Four Working Positions	Juan Carlos Hugues, Carlos Adorno and Gabriel Ibarra-Mejía

Session III - New Methods/Technologies for Risk Assessment & Accident Prevention

Paper
Whole Body Vibration Exposure of Haul Truck Operators – A Case Study	Soumyadeep Paty, Kaushik Dey and Ashis Bhattacherjee
Designing a Knowledge-based Safety Risk Assessment System for Vertical Formwork Construction	Vigneshkumar Chellappa and Urmi Ravindra Salve
Using Virtual Reality to Inform Fall Risk Prevention in Patient Rooms	Saaransh Vatsa and Andrew Merryweather

Session IV - Ergonomic Risks, Exoskeleton, and Others

Paper
The Effect of Passive Shoulder Exoskeletons on Shoulder and Torso Muscle Electromyographic Activity During Simulated Overhead Drilling Tasks	Michael Jorgensen, Nils Hakansson, Jaydip Desai, Andrea Martinez, Michael Nguyen and Trevor Owen
Effect of Task Characteristics on Maximum Voluntary Contraction Recovery Time during a Lifting Task	Vamsi Krishna Varma Pusapati, David Imuetinyan and Fereydoun Aghazadeh
Analysis of Lower Back Compression Forces During Lifting Tasks While Standing on the Ground and on a Scaffold	David Imuetinyan, Vamsi Krishna Varma Pusapati and Fereydoun Aghazadeh
Comparative Study of Rivet Gun Vibrations on Riveters with and without a Side Handle	Nandhaguru Durai, William Carmen, Vamsi Krishna Varma Pusapati, David Imuetinyan and Fereydoun Aghazadeh
Electromyographic Analysis of Golfer's Elbow in Tennis Players in Serve	Ondrej Labik, Min Pun-Kayat, Vamsi Krishna Varma Pusapati, David Imuetinyan and Fereydoun Aghazadeh

Session V - Occupational Health and Safety: Case Studies

Paper
Effects of Proper Helmet Wearing on the Protection Performance for Industrial Helmets	John Wu, Christopher Pan, Clayton Cobb, Andrew Moorehead and Bryan Wimer
Evaluation of the Pull Test Method for the Measurement of Static Coefficient of Friction	Oren Masory
Comparison of Grip Force at the Hand–Handle Interface during the Use of Hotel Housekeeping Spray Bottles	Majed Zreiqat, Wanda Minnick, Luz Marin Ramirez, Christopher Shultz and Amber A. Vaughan
Criterion Referenced Factor Analysis (CRFA): Method and Illustration	Alvah Bittner

Session VI - Safety/Assistive Product and Evaluation

Paper
Concrete Buggy Operator Presence Control 3-Dimensional Convergence of Accident Reconstruction Technology	Dennis Brickman and Erick Knox
The Effectiveness of Back-Up Alarms in Preventing Backing Vehicle-Pedestrian Accidents	Chiemezie Anthony Udemba, Renita Tahsin and J. P. Purswell
A Review of Risk Perception in Construction Industry	Karla Gomez-Bull, Gabriel Ibarra-Mejía and María Vargas-Salgado
Speech Intelligibility Parameters for Evaluating the Perception of Background Noise in Open-Plan Office Users: A Case Study	María P. Serrano-Ruiz, José A. Yarza-Acuña and Gabriel Ibarra-Mejía