Office Ergonomics and Human Factors - Practical Applications, Second Edition

This new edition aims to provide practical advice on how to create, develop, or improve office environments so that those individuals who work within them can do so comfortably and contently. The new edition will be updated and offer simple and practical advice that can be employed easily in any office environment, whether typical or atypical.

List of contents

Working Posture. The Design of Workstation Furniture. Workstation Trials. Computer Use. Screen Displays. Atypical Offices. Input Devices. Organizational Issues. Training. The Environment. Manual Handling. Work-Related ILL Health. Disability. Risk Assessment. Case Studies.

About the author

Dr Céline McKeown is a Consultant Ergonomist with Link Ergonomics, based in ­Nottingham, England. She works as a consultant to industry as well as to commercial organizations. She specializes in identifying the causes of injury and ill health in the workplace and designing them out of the system. She also has a special interest in product design. She trains engineers, architects, health and safety professionals, and others who have responsibility for changing the working environment so that they know how to incorporate ergonomics and human factors during the planning stages. She acts as an expert witness for defendants and claimants in work-related personal injury claims. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors in the United Kingdom and she is a Fellow of the Irish Ergonomics Society.

Summary

This new edition aims to provide practical advice on how to create, develop, or improve office environments so that those individuals who work within them can do so comfortably and contently. The new edition will be updated and offer simple and practical advice that can be employed easily in any office environment, whether typical or atypical.

Product details

• Authors: Celine Mckeown, Céline McKeown, Celine (Link Ergonomics Mckeown, Celine (Link Ergonomics Nottingham Uk) Mckeown
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781498799102
• ISBN: 978-1-4987-9910-2
• No. of pages: 338
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, Office & workplace, Personnel & human resources management, Office and workplace, Personnel and human resources management, Health & safety issues, Health and safety in the workplace, Ergonomics