Jointly applying a work simulator and ATOM to prevent occupational accidents and MSD through workforce selection

Izsó, Lajos and Berényi, Blanka and Pusker, Máté (2023) Jointly applying a work simulator and ATOM to prevent occupational accidents and MSD through workforce selection. APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY IN HUNGARY, 25 (3). pp. 75-94. ISSN 1586-7382

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Abstract

Background and Aims: The goal of our work is the presentation of a particular – scientifically well-established – concept aiming to predict the propensity of individual job candidates for causing or suffering workplace accidents, and also for MSD-type (Musculoskeletal Disorder) occupational diseases, by further processing the performance parameters obtained by a work simulator (like ErgoScope) with the help of ATOM. Methods: After introducing the problems of workplace accidents and MSDs, and critically reviewing the basic literature related to the so-called “work sample tests” and work simulators, the application possibilities of a specific, general-purpose work simulator, the ErgoScope, are presented for our purposes. After that, the possibilities of adequately integrating the ErgoScope and ATOM are described with particular respect to workplace accidents and MSDs, illustrated through a fictitious but realistically specified example. Conclusions: The purposeful combination of the ErgoScope work simulator with ATOM can have a “synergistic” effect that reinforces each other’s effects, contributing to a significant reduction in the likelihood of workplace accidents and MSDs. Simply put, we propose to apply the appropriate outputs of the ErgoScope work simulator as inputs to ATOM.

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