| The design of equipment and the
arrangement of workspaces are key factors in
efficient and safe working. People today expect
their equipment to be designed for easy use, and
international regulations call increasingly for
safe and healthy workplaces. These demands place
high responsibilities on those who design working
equipment and workspaces: they can be legally
called to account if people are injured; and
their companies will lose business if their
competitors' equipment is more efficient in use.
This classic manual, now in its second,
completely revised and updated edition, gives
practical guidance and procedures for achieving
the creation of work environments matched to
human needs and abilities. The Ergonomics of Workspaces
and Machines explains in plain and accessible
language how best to set out an ergonomics
specification based on an analysis of the work to
be done. A sequence for introducing relevant
ergonomic data at various stages in the design
processes is given, with sources for more
specialist requirements. Nowadays, designers are
concerned with more than simply safe and
efficient operations; the same requirements are
demanded of the equipment's manufacture, its
maintenance, its dismantling, and its disposal.
The manual addresses all these factors and pays
special attention to design for safety, for
usability, and for maintenance.
Since machinery includes
any equipment with moving parts which are
power-driven, office workspace is equally
important to the designer. Working conditions in
manufacturing and working conditions in the
office are becoming increasingly similar. The
manual incorporates both areas of work, and hence
will benefit anyone concerned with the design of
equipment and workspaces in both commercial and
industrial environrnents. An additional advantage
of the manual is that the material is in the form
which can be introduced into an accessible CAD
system, or can be used alongside a CAD system.
E.N. Corlett is
Emeritus Professor and Honorary Scientific
Advisor to the Institute for Occupational
Ergonomics at the University of Nottingham.
T.S. Clark is a
Consultant with Spicer & Pegler Associates of
London. He has wide experience in ergonomics,
having previously worked in local government,
industry and academia, and has qualifications in
Civil Engineering, Ergonomics and Business
Administration.
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