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PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF MENTAL WORKLOAD OF ELDERLY WORKERS ATAN ELEVATED WORK PLACE

Research Project

Project/Area Number13680521
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 社会システム工学
Research InstitutionOSAKA UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

USUI Shinnosuke  Osaka University, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Associate Professor, 人間科学研究科, 助教授 (00193871)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) EGAWA Yoshiyuki  National Institute Industrial Safety, Research Official, 主任研究官 (50358438)
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2002
Project Status Completed(Fiscal Year 2002)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost : ¥3,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2002 : ¥800,000 (Direct Cost : ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2001 : ¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost : ¥2,900,000)
Keywordshuman error / human factors / elderly people / falling accident / mental workload / dual task method / physiological workload / high-elevated work place / 建設工事
Research Abstract

In this research, an experiment measuring the mental workload at the elevated place was conducted to prevent elderly workers fatalities at the elevated place by using dual task method.
An experiment was conducted that both elderly and young construction workers as subjects walked on a footing board put over a temporary scaffold either with or without the footing board. In addition, its purpose was tp obtain data setting a safe labor standard for the elderly workers at the elevated place by measuring the degree of the mental workload of those subjects under the experiment condition where the height of labor place, footing board width and with or without carrying the footing board were changed. In the experiment, a dual work that a subject reacts to a specific number announced auditoriarily during walking was conducted, and spare capacity of the subjects at the elevated place was measured by performance of a secondary task.
As a result of an experiment by using the secondary task method, the mental workload of the elderly workers was not larger than that of the young worker when they worked at the elevated place in comparison to on the ground.
However, it was found that the mental workload of the elderly workers increased more than that of the young workers when dangerous factors such as that the footing board was narrowed and the work became complicated in addition to the height. Accordingly, it was indicated that the safety for the work environment must be secured furthermore when the elderly workers, in particular, work at the elevated place.

Report

(3results)
  • 2002 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2001 Annual Research Report

Research Products

(21results)

All Other

All Publications

  • [Publications] 鈴木芳美, 臼井伸之介, 江川義之, 庄司卓郎: "墜落災害の背景にあるヒューマンファクターに関する調査"産業安全研究所特別研究報告. NIIS-SRR-NO.22. 7-14 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 江川義之, 臼井伸之介: "高所作業における生理・心理的負担要因"産業安全研究所特別研究報告. NIIS-SRR-NO.22. 15-24 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Usui, S., Egawa, Y.: "Psycho-physiological analysis of mental workload at a high-elevated work place"Japanese Psychological Research. Vol.44・No.3. 152-161 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Usui, S., Egawa, T.: "Analysis of mental workload at high-elevated work place (1) -Measurement of psychological responses-"XXV International Congress of applied psychology. (CD-ROM). (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Egawa, T., Usui, S.: "Analysis of mental workload at high-elevated work place (2) -Measurement of physiological responses-"XXV International Congress of applied psychology. (CD-ROM). (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 臼井伸之介, 江川義之, 庄司卓郎, 中村隆宏: "墜落災害の背景にあるヒューマンファクターに関する研究 -高齢作業員と若年作業員の比較-"産業・組織心理学会第18回大会論文集. 50-53 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Usui, S., Egawa, T., Shoji, T., Nakamura, T.: "Psychological analysis of mental workload at an elevated work place : Comparison between elderly and young workers"XVth Triennial Congress International Ergonomics Association. (in print). (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Usui, S. & Egawa, Y.: "Psycho-physiological analysis of mental workload at a high-elevated work place"Japanese Psychological Research. Vol.44 No.3. 152-161 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Usui, S., & Egawa,T.: "Analysis of mental workload at high-elevated work place (1)-Measurement of psychological responses-"XXV International Congress of applied psychology. CD-ROM. (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Egawa, T. & Usui, S.: "Analysis of mental workload at high-elcyated work place (2)-Measurement of physiological responses-"XXV International Congress of applied psychology. CD-ROM. (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Suzuki, Y., Usui, S. and Shoji, T.: "A Questionnaire Survey to Construction Workers on Human Factors Concerning Falling-Accident"Specific Research Repprts of the National Institute of Industrial Safety. NIIS-SRR-NO.22. 7-14 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Egawa, Y. & Usui, S.: "An Analysis of Physiological and Psychological Workload for workmen on Scaffolding"Specific Research Reports of the Natioanal Institute of Industrial Safety. NIIS-SRR-NO.22. 15-24 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Usui, S., Egawa, Y., Shoji, T. and Nakamura, T.: "A Study on Human Factors concerning Falling Accidents -Comparison between Aged and Young workers-"XVIII congress of Japanese Association Industrial/Organizational Psychology. 50-53 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Usui, S., Egawa, T., Shoji, T. and Nakamura, T.: "Psychological analysis of mental workload at an elevated work place : Comparison between elderly and young workers"XVth Triennial Congress International Ergonomics Association. (in print). (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 鈴木芳美, 白井伸之介, 江川義之, 庄司卓郎: "墜落災害の背景にあるヒューマンファクターに関する調査"産業安全研究所特別研究報告. NIIS-SRR-NO.22. 7-14 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 江川義之, 臼井伸之介: "高所作業における生理・心理的負担要因"産業安全研究所特別研究報告. NIIS-SRR-NO.22. 15-24 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Usui, S., Egawa, Y.: "Psycho-physiological analysis of mental workload at a high-elevated work place"Japanese Psychological Research. Vol.44 No.3. 152-161 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Usui, S., Egawa, T.: "Analysis of mental workload at high-elevated work place(1)-Measurement ofpsychological responses-"XXV International Congress of applied psychology. CD-ROM. (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Egawa, T., Usui, S.: "Analysis of mental workload at high-elevated work place(2)-Measurement of physiological responses-"XXV International Congress of applied psychology. CD-ROM. (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 臼井伸之介, 江川義之, 庄司卓郎, 中村隆宏: "墜落災害の背景にあるヒューマンファクターに関する研究 -高齢作業員と若年作業員の比較-"産業・組織心理学会第18回大会論文集. 50-53 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 鈴木 芳美, 臼井 伸之介, 江川 義之, 庄司 卓郎: "墜落災害の背景にあるヒューマンファクターに関する調査"産業安全研究所特別研究報告. NIIS-SRR-NO.22. 7-14 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report

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