Health, Safety and Ergonomics

Ergonomics is a relatively new discipline concerned with maximizing human efficiency, comfort and skill. It explores and optimizes the interactions between man, machine and the working environment, thus directly contributing to health and safety in the workplace. By referring to relevant themes and industrial situations, this book provides a discussion of the role ergonomics plays in the prevention of occupational ill-health and accidental injury at work, and its use as an aid to management decision-making on the design, construction and operation of plant and equipment and in the preparation of work systems. It also demonstrates that the quest for improved levels of occupational health and safety which utilize ergonomic principles can bring wider benefits by increasing human performance and morale