Open AccessERGO - EVALUATION OF URBAN BUS DRIVER’S WORKSTATIONS IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA
Author(s) -
Salami Olasunkanmi Ismaila,
Samson A. Odunlami,
S. I. Kuye,
Adekunle Ibrahim Musa,
Adeniyi Olayanju
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of engineering science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-3482
pISSN - 2587-3474
DOI - 10.52326/jes.utm.2021.28(2).04
Subject(s) - workstation , anthropometry , automotive engineering , transport engineering , computer science , engineering , geography , operating system , archaeology
This study evaluated the ergonomic performance of drivers’ workstations in southwest Nigeria. Fifty urban buses selected from ten brands were investigated by direct measurement. The buses were mini-A and midi-B. Vertical and horizontal distances of the seat reference point to the pedal and steering wheel, with the seat dimensions were considered. The anthropometric dimensions of 150 male bus drivers were taken from South-west Nigeria. The results revealed that the values for driver’s seat height from the cabin floor, seat backrest height, seat shoulder level width and low back width were 44.00- 50.00cm, 53.00-58.15cm, 40.00-50.00cm and - 40.15cm respectively as against 39.15- 43.00cm, 38.75-49.49cm, 34.60-43.59cm and 45.73-53.25cm respectively in the urban bus workstations. It is concluded that the drivers’ workstations in the urban buses were not ergonomically fit for the bus drivers since the anthropometric dimension of the Nigerian male bus drivers were not considered in the designing of the buses.