During the recent 10 years several EU Directives for the improvement of ergonomics and health and safety at work have been implemented. In order to comply with these regulations (during production as well as in the design phase) a “New Production Worksheet” (NPW) has been created in a joint research project of the International Technical Development Center (ITDC) of Adam OPEL AG, Rüsselsheim and the Ergonomics Institute, Darmstadt University of Technology (IAD). This worksheet is based on relevant EU Directives, existing GM Europe methodology and other international methods, that reflect the current state of the art in Ergonomics. The NPW was developed and tested at the Vectra assembly line at the OPEL Rüsselsheim Plant.
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