Creating the ergonomically sound workplace / Lee T. Ostrom.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-190) and index.

Part One: How the Physical Work Environment Affects.--Performance 1. What Are the Benefits of Ergonomic Workplace Design?.-- Part Two: Techniques for Creating the Ergonomically-Sound Workplace.-- 2. Assessing Workplace Ergonomics.-- 3. Posture: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Body Alignment.-- 4. Work Activities: Eliminating the Risk of Injury.-- 5. Environment: Ensuring Proper Lighting and Visibility.-- 6. Making Follow-Up Adjustments Part Three: Techniques in Action.-- 7. Restoring Lost Productivity: The Case Study of the Springfield Loan Office.-- Part Four: Resources A. Accident Statistics Review.-- Sheet B. Interview Worksheets.-- C.Worksheet for Organizing the Ergonomic Assessment.-- D. Assessment and Evaluation Worksheets.-- E. Furniture and Equipment Selection Worksheets.-- F. Glossary

From Training to Performance in the 21st Century is a series sponsored by the National Society for Performance and Instruction(NSPI) which provides valuable how-to resources to help trainers, human resource professionals, and human performance technologists improve performance in the workplace. This book is part of the first three-volume set, Designing the Work Environment for Optimum Performance, which shows how to fix the workplace, not the worker. The set provides hands-on tools to help create work environments that support human performance. Draws on numerous scientific studies and the author's professional experience in assessing real-life ergonomic problems in diverse workplaces nationwide to provide a systematic approach including reproducible checklists and worksheets--for performing ergonomic assessments to identify and correct health hazards at work. He presents a variety of practical, cost-effective solutions from adjusting chairs, lowering computer keyboards, taking frequent microbreaks, and finding new ways of performing repetitive tasks--for preventing work-related health problems.