Control centers design for ergonomics and safety

This paper shows the general design conditions about ergonomics and safety for control centers in the petrochemical process industry. Some of the topics include guidelines for the optimized workstation design, control room layout, building layout, and lighting, acoustical and environmental design. A...

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Published in:Work (Reading, Mass.) Mass.), 2012, Vol.41 (S1), p.3164-3173
Main Authors: Quintana, Leonardo, Lizarazo, Cesar, Bernal, Oscar, Cordoba, Jorge, Arias, Claudia, Monroy, Magda, Cotrino, Carlos, Montoya, Olga
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustics
Chemical Industry
Ergonomics
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Interior Design and Furnishings - standards
Lighting
Occupational Health
Safety
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Summary:This paper shows the general design conditions about ergonomics and safety for control centers in the petrochemical process industry. Some of the topics include guidelines for the optimized workstation design, control room layout, building layout, and lighting, acoustical and environmental design. Also takes into account the safety parameters in the control rooms and centers design. The conditions and parameters shown in this paper come from the standards and global advances on this topic on the most recent publications. And also the work was supplemented by field visits of our team to the control center operations in a petrochemical company, and technical literature search efforts. This guideline will be useful to increase the productivity and improve the working conditions at the control rooms.
ISSN:1051-9815
1875-9270
DOI:10.3233/WOR-2012-0578-3164