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Visual attention locations for operating continuous miners, shuttle cars and scoops: a summary.

Sanders-MS

Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Contract J0387213, 1981 May; :1-67

10002328

This report presents a summary of the work reported in Volume I. A task analytic approach was used to define information requirements and visual features that served as sources of information. From this analysis, visual attention locations, containing one or more important visual features, were identified. The procedure makes use of a human eye reference measurement instrument (hermi) designed for this project and an outside-in photographic procedure for documenting compliance with the recommendations. Samples of the test procedures and the results are presented.

Accident-prevention; Equipment-operators; Equipment-reliability; Ergonomics; Injury-prevention; Machine-operation; Machine-operators; Miners; Mine-workers; Occupational-accidents; Occupational-hazards; Occupational-safety-programs; Questionnaires; Safety-education; Safety-equipment; Safety-measures; Safety-measures; Safety-practices; Underground-miners; Underground-mining; Work-areas; Work-environment; Worker-health; Worker-motivation; Work-operations; Work-performance; Workplace-studies; Work-practices

19810501

CP; Final Contract Report

1981

PB82-187949

A05

OFR 29(2)-82; Contract-J0387213

PRC

Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Contract J0387213

PA; CA

Canyon Research Group, Inc., Westlake Village, CA