Written for those who are on the job but not necessarily professionally trained ergonomists, the principles and approaches detailed in this highly regarded guide have all been implemented in real-world workplace environments and proven successful in reducing the potential for occupational injury, increasing the number of people who can perform a job, and improving employee performance on the job. More than 150 clear and informative illustrations and tables help convey data and information in eight sections: Ergonomics design philosophy Human reliability and information transfer Evaluation of job demands Work design Workplace design Manual handling in occupational tasks Equipment design Environment
* Long awaited revision of the best known and most well respected guide to the subject * The only book that covers ergonomics and human factors from an applied practitioner?s approach * Distills the information and presents it in simple, easy to understand and implement guidelines and how-tos.
