| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 704 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Ergonomics Design Philosophy -- Ergonomics and Human Factors -- Ergonomics Program Characteristics in Other Companies -- An Ergonomics Problem-Solving Technique -- For Whom Do We Design? -- United States and International Standards Related to Ergonomics -- 2. Evaluation of Job Demands -- Principles -- Analysis Methods -- 3. Workplace Design -- General Workplace Layout and Dimensions -- Computer Workstations -- Laboratories -- Visual Work Dimensions -- Floors, Ramps, and Stairs -- Conveyors -- Adjustable Workstations -- 4. Equipment Design -- Maintainability -- Design Displays -- Design of Controls -- Tool Design -- 5. Human Reliability and Information Transfer -- Human Reliability -- Information Transfer -- 6. Work Design -- Organizational Factors in Work Design -- Hours of Work: Shift Work and Overtime -- Ergonomic Work Design -- The Design of Repetitive Work -- The Design of Visual Inspection Tasks -- Ergonomics in the Construction Industry -- Work Design in Laboratory and Computer Workplaces -- 7. Manual Handling in Occupational Tasks -- Background: Manual Handling and Musculoskeletal Injuries and Illnesses -- Guidelines for the Design of Manual Lifting Tasks -- The Design of Force Exertion Tasks -- 8. Environment -- Lighting and Color -- Noise -- Thermal Environments -- Vibration -- Case Studies -- Glossary -- Index |
| Summary |
The up-to-date edition of the classic guidelines to workplace ergonomics. This newly updated, single-volume edition of the most respected and widely used guidelines to ergonomics in the workplace, Kodak s Ergonomic Design for People at Work, offers a concise and straightforward presentation of information, data, and how-to guidelines for implementing solutions to human factors and ergonomics problems in industries worldwide |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Scholarly & Professional John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Knovel |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Human engineering -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Eastman Kodak Company.
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| LC no. |
2003001240 |
| ISBN |
1601190557 electronic bk |
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9781601190550 electronic bk |
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cloth |
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cloth |
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0471418633 |
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9780471418634 |
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