Ergonomics Standards

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Ergonomic Excellence Award holders

A list if the current holders of FIRA's Ergonomics Excellence Award

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What do I need to know to sell office storage units in the UK?

Office storage units must be safe and suitable for use. Defining characteristics for performance and safety include stability, strength and durability

Ergonomics in the office

There is significant scope for organisations to improve efficiency, health and safety and employee satisfaction by applying ergonomics in the working environment. Ergonomically designed workplaces, equipment and jobs aim to modify the environment to meet people’s needs. There are many such needs within the office environment

What makes a product ergonomically outstanding?

Employers, who care about their workforce and want to create a better working environment, are looking for truly 'Ergonomic' products. Hence, the market place is flooded with products that claim to be 'ergonomic'. Many claims would fall far short of any decent ergonomic criteria. Similarly, companies who design and manufacture ergonomically outstanding products for VDU workstations want recognition for such truly ergonomic products.

Does the use of laptops violate the display screen equipment regulations?

In April 2003, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published amended guidance on these regulations, entitled ‘work with display screen equipment: Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 as amended by the Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002’. One of the key changes has been that portable display screen equipment (DSE) such as laptop computers is now subject to the DSE regulations.

Office chair dimensions and European chair dimension standard (EN 1335 Part 1)

It is over 15 years since standardisation work began on office chairs. It is now complete and the standard BS EN 1335, Office Furniture-office work chairs will shortly being published in three parts.

Office desks and chairs – effect of eye to monitor distance and legroom depth on desk depth.

The depth of worksurface would be determined by the eye to monitor distance which is 600 mm ± 150 mm depending on the size of the monitor and the legibility of information displayed. This means that CRTs would require a desk of much greater depth than flat screens. However, flat screens do not mean that we can reduce the desk depth.

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List of standards relating to furniture and fitments

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