Analysis of the working factors in „MAN – MACHINE – ENVIRONMENT” system

Abstract

In the research literature, the work environment is often characterized as a physical, chemical, biological, social and cultural complex of factors that affect an employee at workplace. The work environment is part of the „man-machine-environment" system. In this system, „man” refers to a person as the subject in the workplace (e.g. operators, decision-makers), „machine” is the general name for any object controlled by man (e.g. tools, machines, computers), and „environment” describes the specific working conditions under which man and machine interact (e.g. temperature, noise, vibration, lighting, radiation, chemicals, hazardous gases etc.). Environment creates a wider or narrower set of factors which are affecting this system. The goal of this whole system is to create optimum conditions to achieve required results. The three main goals of optimization are to ensure safety, high efficiency and economy of „man-machineenvironment" system. From the point of view of problem solving in this system the physical factors are very important and may represent a significant risk for employees