The applied science of equipment design, as for the workplace, intended to maximize

productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort.

ERGONOMICS

Back strain accounts for

30% of all

workplace injuries

34% of workplace

injuries are caused

by bad ergonomics

good ergonomics can increase

worker productivity

by 11%

The average person is sitting for at least

9 hours per day

"Short of sitting on a spike, you can't do much

worse than a standard

office chair," says Galen Cranz, a professor at the

University of California at Berkeley.

sourceshttp://www.bls.gov/data/#injuries

http://www.des.umd.edu/os/erg/stats.htmlhttp://ergo.human.cornell.edu/Pub/HFlabReports/EHARep0904.pdf

http://www.ergonomics-info.com/ergonomics-in-the-workplace.htmlhttp://www.uah.edu/OEHS/documents/workergonomics%5B1%5D.pdf

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