Impact of ergonomics on productivity, a systematic review from 2016 – 2021
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https://doi.org/10.54942/qantuyachay.v1i1.6Keywords:
productivity, occupational hazards, occupational safety and ergonomicsAbstract
The present research is a multidisciplinary study that involves adapting the work to the needs of people, where for this purpose the design must be taken into account, since it has the risk associated with the taking of postures, the supervision that all personnel wear their Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), so as to reduce the probability that the worker suffers an injury, if something happens in the work environment. The objective of the current research is to evaluate the impact of ergonomics for the improvement of Productivity, a systematic review between the years 2016 - 2021. For this purpose, a PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) methodology was used, regarding the population, 66 articles from the main digital scientific journals Proquest, Science direct, Scopus, among others, of which only 40 articles were admitted to work as a sample due to the requirements established in the inclusion criteria, as well as exclusion criteria. In conclusion, based on the results found in this research, it is evident that ergonomics does influence productivity improvement.
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