A review of ISO and CEN standards on ergonomics
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In recent years an increasing number of official ergonomic standards has become available world-wide. The International Standardization Organization (ISO) and the European standardization organization Comite Europeen de Normalisation (CEN) have published 28 ergonomic standards, whereas 69 standards are in preparation. VDU-work, danger signals, and thermal stress are the best-covered areas, but also areas such as manual materials handling and mental workload are covered. The majority of the draft standards will be published within 2-3 years. Relevance to industry. Standards in the field of ergonomics contain much ergonomic knowledge that is relevant for industry. The standards can easily be used by non-experts in industry for the design and evaluation of work places, control rooms, visual displays and so on. This paper is meant to inform potential users about the existence of nearly 100 ergonomic standards. In recent years an increasing number of official ergonomic standards has become available world-wide. The International Standardization Organization (ISO) and the European standardization organization Comite Europeen de Normalisation (CEN) have published 28 ergonomic standards, whereas 69 standards are in preparation. VDU-work, danger signals, and thermal stress are the best-covered areas, but also areas such as manual materials handling and mental workload are covered. The majority of the draft standards will be published within 2-3 years.
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TNO Identifier
233254
ISSN
01698141
Source
International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 17(3), pp. 291-297.
Pages
291-297
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