Ergonomic Design for People at Work, Workplace, Equipment, and Environmental Design and Information Transfer

by Health The Human Factors Section

Of interest Human Factors/Ergonomics Specialists, Industrial Psychologists, Industrial Engineers, Occupational Physicians, Work Physiologists, Industrial Hygienists, Architects, Industrial and Computer Equipment Designers. If you are involved in workplace or equipment design, human factors engineering, or related fields, you will find Ergonomic Design for People at Work, Vol. I, to be a very practical and helpful guide. It reflects more than 22 years of industrial practice, experience, and research by the pioneering Human Factors Section of the Health, Safety and Human Factors Laboratory at Eastman Kodak. Combining the work and findings of psychologists, physicians, physiologists, anthropologists, and engineers, the book gives practical approaches for the solution of many design problems. It also includes examples and case studies based on real experience, and over 175 practical illustrations. Here’s what you’ll Also included is information on how The photograph on the jacket shows a seated workspace in which the operator is seated behind a three-dimensional model. The model represents the reach capability of a person with short arms (5th percentile). Seated workplaces are discussed in Chapter II, Workplace Design.

432 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983