Kodak's Ergonomic Design for People at Work, 2nd Edition

Preface xxvu

Acknowledgments xxvii

1 Ergonomics Design Philosophy 1

Ergonomics and Human Factors 1

Ergonomics Program Characteristics in Other Companies 5

An Ergonomics Problem-Solving Technique 18

For Whom Do We Design? 27

United States and International Standards Related to Ergonomics 74

2 Evaluation of Job Demands 99

Principles 101

Analysis Methods 121

3 Workplace Design 191

General Workplace Layout and Dimensions 191

Computer Workstations 203

Laboratories 217

Visual Work Dimensions 228

Floors, Ramps, and Stairs 234

Conveyors 247

Adjustable Workstations 249

4 Equipment Design 269

Overall Considerations 270

Maintainability 273

Design of Displays 280

Design of Controls 294

5 Human Reliability and Information Transfer 373

Human Reliability 373

Information Transfer 382

6 Work Design 411

Organizational Factors in Work Design 411

Hours of Work: Shift Work and Overtime 421

Ergonomic Work Design 435

The Design of Repetitive Work 449

The Design of Visual Inspection Tasks 469

Ergonomics in the Construction Industry 485

Work Design in Laboratory and Computer Workplaces 496

7 Manual Handling in Occupational Tasks 511

Background: Manual Handling and Musculoskeletal Injuries and Illnesses 511

Guidelines For the Design of Manual Lifting Tasks 520

The Design of Force Exertion Tasks 552

8 Environment 565

Lighting and Color 565

Noise 578

Thermal Environments 588

Vibration 617

Case Studies 635

Glossary 651

Index 681