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Control centers design for ergonomics and safety

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Quintana, Leonardo | Lizarazo, Cesar | Bernal, Oscar | Cordoba, Jorge | Arias, Claudia | Monroy, Magda | Cotrino, Carlos | Montoya, Olga

Affiliations: Ergonomics Studies Center, lquin@javeriana.edu.co, Javeriana University, Calle 40 No 5- 37, Bogota Colombia | Ergonomics Studies Center, Javeriana University | Electronics Department, Javeriana University

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: lquin@javeriana.edu.co.

Keywords: safety, control center, interface, architectural, ergonomics criteria, ergonomics arquitectural design, petrochemical industry

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0578-3164

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 3164-3173, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

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.

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