Recommended Texts & Resources
Listed below are some excellent printed references relating to ergonomics. Each text and resource has been categorized according to its primary ergonomics topic area.
Humanscale (1981). The MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142.
Jurgens, H.W., Aune, I.A., and Pieper, U., International Data on Anthropometry (1990). Occupational Safety and Health Series No. 65. Federal Institute for Occupational safety and Health, Dortmund, Federal Republic of Germany.
NASA. Anthropometric Sourcebook (1978). NASA Reference Publication No. 1024, Houston TX: NASA (NTIS, Springfield, VA 22161, Order No. 79 11 734).
Pheasant, Stephen/Bodyspace: Anthropometry, Ergonomics, and The Design of Work, 2nd Edition (1996) 260 pp., ISBN: 0-7484-0067-2.
This edition has been revised to bring fresh insights into the principles and practice of anthropometrics, workspace design, sitting and seating, hands and handles, ergonomics in the office, ergonomics in the home, and health and safety at work. The book's tables of anthropometric data focus on human diversity, ethnic differences, growth and development, secular trends, social class and occupation, and ageing.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
Anthropometric Methods: Designing to Fit the Human Body
by John A. Roebuck Jr. Available at www.hfes.org/Publications.
Introductory reference emphasizing methods used in anthropometry. Topics include anthropometric survey planning and analysis, human modeling, and more. Also included is a visual index of measurements and titles, and an extensive list of references as well as 57 illustrations.
Department of Defense Design Criteria Standard - Human Engineering. MIL-STD-1472E (October, 1996). Dept. Of the Navy, 700 Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094.
Kumar, Shrawan and Mital, A/Electromyography in Ergonomics (1996) 312 pp. ISBN 0-7484-0130-X.
Electromyography (EMG) is the study of muscle behavior via electronic means, and is thus a technique fundamental to ergonomics, physiology and biomechanics. This text describes the principles of EMG and its application domains, focusing on anatomy, biology, muscle characteristics, physics, mechanics, EMG signal, noise/artifacts/errors, equipment/devices/techniques, interpretation and computerized data acquisition, and analysis. The book provides a theoretical base, a strategic framework and user experiences.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
Muscle Biofeedback at the Computer; Peper and Gibney present to the reader a systems perspective for maintaining health while working at the computer. This comprehensive text provides clinicians or the computer user with step-by-step instructions for implementing proven strategies to promote healthy computing. It is based upon using muscle feedback (surface electromyography) with the eight components for healthy computing. The book details the "nuts and bolts" of how to do it! It teaches how to use muscle feedback and outlines in detail a seven session group training program to become an effective coach. It gives guidelines and techniques to apply muscle feedback for awareness, assessment, training and coaching fellow employees. www.mindgrowth.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=49
Auburn Engineers. Assessing Your Ergonomics Program. 123 N. College Street, Suite 100, Auburn, AL 36831-3038.
NIOSH. Elements of Ergonomics Programs (1997). National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Publications Dissemination, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998.
Noro, K., and Imada, A. (eds.) Participatory Ergonomics
(1991). Taylor & Francis, Inc., 1900 Frost Road, Bristol, PA 19007.
Selan, J.L. (ed.) The Advanced Ergonomics Manual. Advanced Ergonomics Inc., 5550 LBJ Freeway, Suite 350, Dallas, TX 75240
Freivalds, Andris/Biomechanics of the Upper Limbs: Mechanics, Modeling, and Musculoskeletal Injuries (2004) 624 pp., ISBN 0-7484-0926-2.
This book is an engineering oriented book focusing on upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders, as opposed to the more general introductions to cumulative trauma disorders and medical management related books. It covers musculoskeletal components of the upper extremities, their models, and the measurement and prediction of injury potential. Students and professionals will find it provides an excellent basic grounding in the subject.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
Cumulative Trauma Disorder in the Workplace-Bibliography.
NIOSH 9/95. Publication # 95-119
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K. H. E. Kroemer, H. J. Kroemer, K. E. Kroemer-Elbert
Engineering Physiology: Bases of Human Factors/Ergonomics, 3rd Edition
1997, www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471287989.html
This practical guide shows how the body monitors itself, how it reacts to workloads and environmental stresses such as heat or cold, humidity, and wind.
Eastman Kodak Company. Ergonomic Design for People at Work Volumes 1 and 2 (1986). Lifetime Learning Publications, Ten Davis Drive, Belmont, CA 94002.
MacLeod, Dan/The Ergonomics Kit for General Industry with Training Disc (1998) 288 pp. ISBN 1-5667-0332-8
Provides the essentials of ergonomics available to professionals in manufacturing and service fields. This program provides a comprehensive program to prevent and curtail ergonomic risk in workplace environments.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
Kroemer, Karl H.E and Grandjean, E./Fitting the Task to the Human: A Textbook of Occupational Ergonomics, Fifth Edition (1997) 352 pp., ISBN 0-7484-0664-6.
In this latest edition, the author has revised and updated the text and data while remaining true to the spirit of Professor Etienne Grandjean's earlier editions. The aim is, as before, to impart basic knowledge of occupational ergonomics in a straightforward and lucid fashion to those responsible for the design, management and safety of people in the workplace, and to those who study it.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
Salvendy, G. (ed.) Handbook of Human Factors, 2nd edition (1997). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158-0012.
2136 page handbook contains articles from over 100 international experts.
Stanton, Neville; Hedge, Alan; Brookhuis, Karel; Salas, Eduardo; and Hendrick, Hal W./Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods (2004) 768 pp. ISBN 0-4152-8700-6.
This book delivers an authoritative and practical account of methods that incorporate human capabilities and limitations, environmental factors, human-machine interaction, and other factors into system design. The Handbook describes 83 methods in a standardized format, promoting the use of methods that may have formerly been unfamiliar to designers. Six sections comprise the Handbook, each representing a specialized field of ergonomics with a representative selection of associated methods. The sections highlight facets of human factors and ergonomics in systems analysis, design, and evaluation. Sections I through III address individuals and their interactions with the world. Section IV explores social groupings and their interactions (team methods), and Section V examines the effect of the environment on workers. The final section provides an overview of work systems-macro ergonomics methods. The layout of each chapter is standardized for ease-of-use, so you can quickly locate relevant information about each method. Content descriptions are brief, and references are made to other texts, papers, and case studies. Standard descriptions of methods encourage browsing through several potential methods before tackling a problem.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
Nemeth, Christopher P./Human Factors Methods for Design: Making Systems Human-Centered (2004) 416 pp., ISBN 0-4152-9798-2.
There is no shortage of available human factors information, but until now there was no single guide on how to use this information. This book is an in-depth field guide to solving human factors challenges in the development process. It provides design and human factors professionals, systems engineers, and research and development managers with the orientation, process, and methods to perform human-centered research. The book delivers an overview of human factors and the application of research to product and service development. It enables the reader to define a design opportunity, develop product goals, and establish criteria to meet those goals. The text offers a road map for collecting and analyzing human performance information, applying that information to the creation of solutions, and using the information to evaluate potential solutions.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
The Industrial and Occupational Ergonomics Users' Encyclopedia published by The International Journal of Industrial Engineers on a single CD-ROM. Intended for practicing ergonomists and health professionals. Contact: Dr. Anil Mital (513) 556-2652 or e-mail amital@uceng.uc.edu
Karwowski, Walemar/International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors, Second Edition (June 2005) 2,000 est pp. ISBN 0-4153-0430-X.
A truly comprehensive reference guide to the professional world of ergonomics. Organized alphabetically by topic, this easy-to-use, simply-formatted text provides a unified source of reliable, accessible information from the many realms of science and technology contributing to our knowledge of design for human use. It includes human characteristics, performance-related factors, display and control design, work design and organization, health and safety, social and economic issues, and a large reference of methods and techniques. It also reviews applications and tools, as well as many innovative concepts related to ergonomic research.
9780471418633
The Eastman Kodak Company
Kodak's Ergonomic Design for People at Work, 2nd Edition
2003, www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471418633.html
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.
Methods, Standards and Work Design, 10th Edition
by Benjamin W. Niebel and Andris Freivalds.
Coverage includes several non-traditional work organizational items such as teamwork, job evaluations and training. Continued information on work sampling, time study, facilities layout and various flow process charts in the industrial engineering profession.. A new chapter has been added on training and other management practices, as well as sections on problem identification and problem-solving techniques.
Kumar, Shrawan/Muscle Strength (2004) 552 pp., ISBN 0-4153-6953-3.
This comprehensive source of information and data relating to muscle strength is the first to present such information in a single source. Muscle Strength explains the general determinants of muscle strength such as gender, age, and muscle type. It illustrates physical data in the context of theoretical background and examines the protocols, techniques, devices, and data used to record muscle strength in various parts of the body. This is followed by a discussion of overexertion, strength prediction, strength and endurance, torque and EMG relationship, and muscle fatigue. Finally, the material is applied to the use of muscle in jobs, to product design, and to studies of job accommodation and the effect of disability on strength. Professionals in ergonomics, biomechanics, sports science, and physiology will find that this unique text provides insight and data on an important subject in their field.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
Bernard, B.P. (ed.) Musculoskeletal Disorders and Workplace Factors: A critical Review of Epidemiological Evidence for Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Neck, Upper Extremity & Low Back. NIOSH 7/97. NIOSH Publication # 97-141. NTIS order #: PN97-178628.
1500 pages of advanced reading summarizing various research findings.
Karwowski, Waldemar and Marras, William S./Occupational Ergonomics: Design and Management of Work Systems (2003) 624 pp. ISBN 0-8493-1801-7.
Comprised of chapters carefully selected from CRC's best-selling Occupational Ergonomics Handbook, logically organized for optimum convenience and thoughtfully priced to fit every budget. This book presents 34 chapters addressing selected issues in the area of occupation macro ergonomics, with an emphasis on design and management of industrial work systems. Part I focuses on organizational design. Part II is concerned with environmental design, including protection against noise and vibration, thermal stress, and usability of various work/shift plans. Part III discusses applications of ergonomics, principles of work design in the office environment, and manufacturing and service industries.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
Karwowski, Waldemar and Marras, William S./Occupational Ergonomics Handbook (1998) 2,088 pp., ISBN 0-8493-2641-9.
Occupational ergonomics and safety studies the application of human behavior, abilities, limitations, and other characteristics to the design, testing, and evaluation of tools, machines, systems, tasks, jobs, and environments for productive, safe, comfortable, and effective use. Occupational Ergonomics Handbook provides current, comprehensive knowledge in this broad field, providing essential, state-of-the-art information from nearly 150 international leaders of this discipline. Ergonomics intervention includes design for manufacturability, total quality management, and work organization. Occupational Ergonomics Handbook demonstrates how ergonomics serves as a vital component for the activities of the company and enables an advantageous cooperation between management and labor. This new handbook serves as a broad segment of industrial practitioners, including industrial and manufacturing engineers; managers; plant supervisors and ergonomics professionals; researchers and students from academia, business, and government; human factors and safety specialists; physical therapists; cognitive and work psychologists; sociologists; and human-computer communications specialists.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
Karwowski, Waldemar and Marras, William S./Occupational Ergonomics: Engineering and Administrative Controls (2003) 680 pp. ISBN 0-8493-1800-9.
Focuses on prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders with an emphasis on engineering and administrative controls. Section I provides knowledge about risk factors for upper and lower extremities at work, while Section II concentrates on risk factors for work-related low back disorders. Section III discusses fundamentals of surveillance of musculoskeletal disorders, requirements for surveillance database systems, OSHA Record keeping system, and surveillance methods based on the assessment of body discomfort. Section IV focuses on medical management of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, including programs for post-injury management, testing of physical ability for employment decisions, assessment of worker strength and other functional capacities, and applications of ergonomics knowledge in rehabilitation.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
Karwowski, Waldemar and Marras, William S./Occupational Ergonomics: Principles of Work Design (2003) 800 pp., ISBN 0-8493-1802-5.
Focuses on the fundamentals in ergonomics design and evaluation. Divided into two parts, Part I covers the background for the discipline and profession of ergonomics and offers an international perspective on ergonomics. Part II describes the foundations of ergonomics knowledge, including fundamentals of ergonomics, fundamentals of work analysis, and cognitive issues. The authors discuss ergonomics of system design and outline the principles of certification in professional ergonomics. Methods for evaluation of physical workload due to posture (RULA and OWAS), as well as computer-aided human models and other software-based tools for ergonomic analysis and design are reviewed.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
MacLeod, Dan/The Rules of Work: A Practical Engineering Guide to Ergonomics (2000) 192 pp., ISBN 1-5603-2885-1.
This book provides the reader with a useful guide for solving ergonomics problems. It is written for those professionals who understand the basic theories of ergonomics and are ready to put them into practice. Tools essential for implementing and managing an ergonomically sound environment are provided. For instance, the book provides a methodology for assessing the safety program of a workplace. It also outlines the main procedures and protocols for identifying and treating employees with injuries due to ergonomic flaws. Unlike many other books on the subject, this book goes beyond the manufacturing environment and covers office ergonomics as well. The focus is on the safety and health of the individual worker. This text is essential for ergonomists and industrial health and safety professionals.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
9780471449172
Gavriel Salvendy
Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 3rd Edition
2006, www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471449172.html
Winner of the Institute of Industrial Engineers Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award. Well-known and respected authority, Gavriel Salvendy has assembled 109 of the world's top thinkers and practitioners to update this volume to include coverage of Human-Computer Interaction, Content Preparation for E-Business; Customer-Relations Management in E-Business; Human Factors of Appliances Design; and much more. All new chapters feature theoretically based and practically oriented material-supported by numerous case studies, examples, figures, and tables-to be useful to both practitioners and researchers.
9780471020532
Harold R. Booher
Handbook of Human Systems Integration
2003, www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471020532.html
Outlines the principles and methods that can be used to help integrate people, technology, and organizations with a common objective toward designing, developing, and operating systems effectively and efficiently.
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Alphonse Chapanis
Human Factors in Systems Engineering
1996, www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471137820.html
A unique, step-by-step guide to the application of human factors in the system development process.
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Thomas B. Sheridan
Humans and Automation: System Design and Research Issues
2002, www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471234281.html
Deals with all the issues involved in human-automation systems from design to control and performance of both humans and machines.
Mansfield, Neil J./Human Response to Vibration (2004) 248 pp., ISBN 0-4152-8239-X.
At a time when the EU is preparing to adopt a directive on health risks arising from occupational exposure to vibration, this book offers authoritative guidance on this complex subject. Individual chapters in the book examine issues relating to whole-body vibration, hand-arm vibration, and motion sickness. Vibration measurements and standards are also addressed. This book meets the needs of those requiring knowledge of human response to vibration in order to make practical improvements to the physical working environment. Written with the consultant, practitioner, researcher, and student in mind, the text is designed to be an educational tool, a reference, and a stimulus for new ideas for the next generation of specialists.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
Applied Ergonomics. Elsevier Science Ltd., The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX512GB, UK.
CTD News. LRP Publications, 747 Dresher Road, P.O. Box 980, Horsham, PA 19044-0980.
Ergonomics. Taylor & Francis Inc., 1900 Frost Road, Bristol PA 19007.
Human Factors. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, P.O. Box 1369, Santa Monica, CA 90406-1369.
Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing
Print ISSN: 1090-8471, Web: www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/hfm
The purpose of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing is to facilitate discovery, integration, and application of scientific knowledge about human aspects of manufacturing, and to provide a forum for worldwide dissemination of such knowledge for its application and benefit to manufacturing industries. The journal covers a broad spectrum of ergonomics and human factors issues with a focus on the design, operation and management of contemporary manufacturing systems, both in the shop floor and office environments, in the quest for manufacturing agility, i.e. enhancement and integration of human skills with hardware performance for improved market competitiveness, management of change, product and process quality, and human-system reliability. The inter- and cross-disciplinary nature of the journal allows for a wide scope of issues relevant to manufacturing system design and engineering, human resource management, social, organizational, safety, and health issues. Examples of specific subject areas of interest include: implementation of advanced manufacturing technology, human aspects of computer-aided design and engineering, work design, compensation and appraisal, selection training and education, labor-management relations, agile manufacturing and virtual companies, human factors in total quality management, prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, ergonomics of workplace, equipment and tool design, ergonomics programs, guides and standards for industry, automation safety and robot systems, human skills development and knowledge enhancing technologies, reliability, and safety and worker health issues.
International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. Elsevier Science Ltd., The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX512GB, UK
Mital, A., Nicholson, A., and Ayoub, M.M. A Guide to Manual Materials Handling (1993). Taylor & Francis, Inc., 1900 Frost Road, Bristol, PA 19007.
NIOSH. Applications Manual for the Revised Niosh Lifting Equation (1994). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Technology Administration, NTIS, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.
ANSI/HFS Standard No. 100-1988. American National Standard for Human Factors Engineering of Visual Display Workstations (1988). Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, P.O. Box 1369, Santa Monica, CA 90406-1369.
ISO 9241. Ergonomic Requirements for Office Work with Visual Display Terminals (VDTs) (1992). ANSI, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036.
CAN/CSA-Z412-M89. Office Ergonomics: A National Standard for Canada (1989). Canadian Standards Association, Consolidated Mailing List, 178 Rexdale Blvd., Rexdale, Ontario Canada M9W 1R3.
Kroemer, Karl H.E./Office Ergonomics (2001) 272 pp., ISBN 0-7484-0952-1.
This is a practical book that is based on sound theory and research. It is written for the practitioner, the office manager, the equipment purchaser, the designer and architect and especially for the individual office worker, for you and me who operate keyboards, check and make files, phone and fax, sit and stand, write and read, who discuss and evaluate, and prepare for decisions. We need to know how to set up the office, how to select and arrange our equipment and furniture, how to organize and pace our work. We need to perform 'at ease and efficiently', which is the motto of ergonomics.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
MacLeod, Dan/The Office Ergonomics Tool Kit with Training Disc (1998) 272 pp. ISBN 1-5667-0318-2.
This package provides a sensible step-by-step method to bring Ergonomics and its wonders to your workplace. Written for facilities managers, office managers, small business owners, office managers, and other non-professional ergonomists alike, its comprehensive and clear instructions enable managers to "fit" ergonomics principles to the exact needs of any office/workplace.
CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
ANSI Z-365. Control of Work-Related Cumulative Trauma Disorders (Draft, 1995). National Safety Council, 1121 Spring Lake Drive, Itasca, IL 60143.
Putz-Anderson, V. (ed.) Cumulative Trauma Disorders: A Manual for Musculoskeletal Diseases of the Upper Limbs (1988). Taylor & Francis, Inc., 1900 Frost Road, Bristol, PA 19007.
Work-Related Neck and Upper Limb Musculoskeletal Disorders. Report prepared by Professor Peter Buckle and Dr. Jason Devereux at the Robens Centre for Health Ergonomics, University of Surrey, UK. Additional information: http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/wruld/
9780471370894
Lawrence S. Aft
Work Measurement and Methods Improvement
2000, www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471370894.html
Practical, up-to-date coverage for a new generation of engineering and management professionals, where work measurement and methods improvement have a vital role to play in improving quality and enhancing productivity in a wide range of industries. Accessible and easy to follow, presenting solid, practical coverage of the key principles and practices of work measurement. |
