Ergonomics is the process of designing or arranging workplaces, products and systems so that they fit the people who use them.
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Crane cabin design
Design of rehabilitation equipment
Designing for disabled users
Disabled workers: modification of equipment to suit
Emergency Services Rooms - design, layout
Industrial hand trucks: design
Kerb design and risks
Locomotive cabin interiors
Outpatients' departments: design
Ship interiors
Supermarket entrances
Supply stores and their layout
Space planning generally
Trolley design (hospital)
Warehouse design and layout
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Commercial kitchens - design, fitout
Crane cabin design
Design of rehabilitation equipment
Designing for disabled users
Disabled workers: modification of equipment to suit
Emergency Services Rooms - design, layout
Industrial hand trucks: design
Kerb design and risks
Locomotive cabin interiors
Outpatients' departments: design
Ship interiors
Supermarket entrances
Supply stores and their layout
Space planning generally
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Warehouse design and layout
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Crash testing of vehicles
Dogs biting postmen
Drilling - offshore oil and gas
Elevated work platforms
Explosives manufacture
Felling trees
Firefighting
Flight attendant uniforms
Flying a helicopter
Gas and oil platforms (offshore)
Guarding of machines (training, advice)
Guarding of presses
Harnesses (and safe restraint)
Helicopters - pilot's flying position
Laying explosives
Off-shore oil platforms
Petrol stations
Quarry work
Refuelling jet aircraft
Ribbed roofs and working on them
Safety harnesses and similar restraints
Sawmills and work performed there
Shot blasting
Sterilisation (hospitals)
Laboratory safety
Reducing slips in a soap factory
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Ergonomics (or ‘human factors’ as it is referred to in North America) is a branch of science that aims to learn about human abilities and limitations, and then apply this learning to improve people’s interaction with products, systems and environments.
Ergonomics aims to improve workspaces and environments to minimise risk of injury or harm. So as technologies change, so too does the need to ensure that the tools we access for work, rest and play are designed for our body’s requirements.
Why is Ergonomics important?
In the workplace: According to Safe Work Australia, the total economic cost of work-related injuries and illnesses is estimated to be $60 billion dollars. Recent research has shown that lower back pain is the world’s most common work-related disability – affecting employees from offices, building sites and in the highest risk category, agriculture.
Ergonomics aims to create safe, comfortable and productive workspaces by bringing human abilities and limitations into the DesignRailway train seats
Seats for forklifts
Commercial kitchens - design, fitout
Crane cabin design
Design of rehabilitation equipment
Designing for disabled users
Disabled workers: modification of equipment to suit
Emergency Services Rooms - design, layout
Industrial hand trucks: design
Kerb design and risks
Locomotive cabin interiors
Outpatients' departments: design
Ship interiors
Supermarket entrances
Supply stores and their layout
Space planning generally
Trolley design (hospital)
Warehouse design and layout
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