Ergonomic behaviors analysis in an Iranian Petrochemical Company using the ELECTRE method

Objectives: this study aimed to evaluate and analyze the ergonomic behaviors order to select thebest work shift group in an iranian petrochemical company, in 2010.methods: the methodology was based on the ergonomic behavior sampling (ebs), andperformed using electre method. in this study 1147 behaviors were observed.results: the results indicated that 43.6% of workers’ behaviors were unergonomic. the mostfrequent unergonomic behavior was amusing of legs while load lifting with 83.01% of totalunergonomic behaviors observations. using electre method, most effective shift group andleast attractive alternatives for intervention were selected in the company.discussion: findings declare high number of unergonomic behaviors. catastrophic consequencesof accidents in petrochemical industry necessitate paying more attention to workers’ ergonomicbehaviors in the workplace.