Applying the quick exposure check in the workstation design process, physical and virtual prototype assessment.

Background: The Quick Exposure Check (QEC) assesses four major body parts and engages users in assessing some physical interactions relevant to design in task analysis.

Objective: In this paper, we investigated the application of QEC as the ergonomic intervention to detect pre-production ergonomic design faults in the apple sorting machine by applying physical and virtual prototyping for three different tasks analysis divided into two phases (Task 1: Apple harvesting and preparation for sorting; Task 2: Sorting control and separation of waste fruits; Task 3: Transfer of separated apples).

Method: First, the QEC questionnaire was administered while Iranian participants interacted with the machine to detect abnormal posture.