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Workstation Design

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• Anthropometry

• Design Guidelines

• Design Tools

Tools/Methods of Workstation Design

ERGONOMICS :: TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM :: WORKSTATION DESIGN

• Measurement of human dimensions

• Anthropos = human

• Metrikos = measuring

Anthropometry

ERGONOMICS :: TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM :: WORKSTATION DESIGN

People Are Different

Age Differences Height Differences

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Anthropometric Data

ERGONOMICS :: TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM :: WORKSTATION DESIGN

Dimension, In Body dimension Sex 5th 50th 95th 6. Height, sitting Male 33.1 35.7 38.1 Female 30.9 33.5 35.7 7. Eye height, sitting Male 28.6 30.9 33.2 Female 26.6 28.9 30.9 8. Elbow rest height, Male 7.5 9.6 11.6 sitting Female 7.1 9.2 11.1 9. Thigh clearance Male 4.5 5.7 7. height Female 4.2 5.4 6.9 10. Knee height, sitting Male 19.4 21.4 23.3 Female 17.8 19.6 21.5 11. Buttock-knee Male 21.3 23.4 25.3 distance, sitting Female 20.4 22.4 24.6 12. Popliteal height, Male 15.4 17.4 19.2 sitting Female 14.0 15.7 17.4

Anthropometric Data

ERGONOMICS :: TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM :: WORKSTATION DESIGN

• Design for the extremes

• Design for an adjustable range

• Design for the average?

Using Anthropometric Data

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Design Guidelines

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Posture Definitions

ERGONOMICS :: TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM :: WORKSTATION DESIGN

Affect of Posture on Grip Strength

ERGONOMICS :: TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM :: WORKSTATION DESIGN

Acceptable/UnacceptableWork Positions

ERGONOMICS :: TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM :: WORKSTATION DESIGN

Effect of Workstation Designon Posture

ERGONOMICS :: TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM :: WORKSTATION DESIGN

Reach/Work Envelopes

ERGONOMICS :: TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM :: WORKSTATION DESIGN

Reach/Work Envelopes

ERGONOMICS :: TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM :: WORKSTATION DESIGN

Optimal Work Zone

ERGONOMICS :: TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM :: WORKSTATION DESIGN

Work Surface Heights

ERGONOMICS :: TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM :: WORKSTATION DESIGN

Work Surface Heights

ERGONOMICS :: TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM :: WORKSTATION DESIGN

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