Workstation Design

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Tools/Methods of Workstation
Design
• Anthropometry

• Design Guidelines

• Design Tools

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 Anthropometry

• Measurement of human
dimensions

• Anthropos = human

• Metrikos = measuring

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 People Are Different

Age Differences Height Differences

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 Anthropometric Data

Dimension, In
Body dimension Sex 5th 50th 95th
1. Stature (height) Male 63.7 68.3 72.6
Female 58.9 63.2 67.4
2. Eye height Male 59.5 63.9 68.0
Female 54.4 58.6 62.7
3. Shoulder height Male 52.1 56.2 60.0
Female 47.7 51.6 55.9
4. Elbow height Male 39.4 43.3 46.9
Female 36.9 39.8 42.8
5. Knuckle height Male 27.5 29.7 31.7
Female 25.3 27.6 29.9

13. Chest depth Male 8.4 9.5 10.9

Female 8.4 9.5 11.7

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 Anthropometric Data
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

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Using Anthropometric Data

• Design for the extremes

• Design for an adjustable

range

• Design for the average?

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Design Guidelines

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 Posture Definitions

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Affect of Posture on Grip Strength

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Acceptable/Unacceptable
Work Positions

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Effect of Workstation Design
on Posture

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Reach/Work Envelopes

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Reach/Work Envelopes

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 Optimal Work Zone

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 Work Surface Heights

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 Work Surface Heights

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What does the worker need to
know from this presentation?

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