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Ergonomics
Ergonomics is the scientific discipline concerned with designing according to the human needs, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance. [1] The field is also called human engineering, and human factors engineering.
Ergonomic research is primarily performed by ergonomists, who study human capabilities in relationship to their work demands. Information derived from ergonomists contributes to the design and evaluation of tasks, jobs, products, environments and systems in order to make them compatible with the needs, abilities and limitations of people (IEA, 2000). In the UK the professional body for ergonomists is the Ergonomics Society.
New Study on Impact of Ergonomics Rules
The current issue of the American Journal of Industrial Medicine has an article on the importance of ergonomics standards...
OSHA: the return of ergonomics regulation?
Pinning down the agency's #2 on the subject might itself be enough to induce repetitive strain [Carter at ShopFloor]...
Ergonomics, Public Citizen, Cars and NPR
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Jan. 28 proposed a new rule requiring employers to report more detail on musculoskeletal injuries...
The ergonomics of innovation, especially affordances, as applied to law departments
An invigorating article in the McKinsey Quarterly, 2008, No. 4, at 131, introduces a set of clever ideas that would help law departments implement new practices...
Uh-oh: "Administration Setting Stage for Ergonomics Revival"
Preparing to replay a battle royal from the Clinton Administration [Carter at ShopFloor] Earlier here, here, and, on OSHA appointee David Michaels's views, here and here...
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