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Technical Report

Overview

Mobile machinery considering ergonomic design principles enhances safety, effectiveness and efficiency, improves human working conditions, and counteracts adverse effects on human health and performance. Good ergonomic design therefore exerts a favourable influence on the whole work system, and on the reliability of the human being within it. In DIN CEN/TR 614-3 the term "ergonomics" refers to a multidisciplinary field of science and its realization. Applying ergonomics to the design of operator's station and/or workplaces considering the elements of the work system ensures that human capabilities, skills, limitations and needs are taken into account. This Technical Report deals with common aspects for the ergonomics design principles of mobile machinery. It contains different types of information to be considered and used when designing the ergonomics aspects of mobile machinery. Some clauses provide general guidance to be considered in the design of mobile machinery. Other clauses include more specific design guidance and requirements relevant to current technology. In addition to ergonomic design principles which shall be followed during the design process of mobile machinery, special emphasis is put on the aspects in which mobile machinery differs from static machinery. Basic concepts and general ergonomic principles for the design of machinery are dealt with in prEN ISO 12100, EN 614-1 and EN 614-2. The Committee responsible for this standard is NA 023-00-01 GA "Gemeinschaftsausschuss NAErg/NAM: Grundsätze der Ergonomie" ("Joint Working Committee NAErg/NAM: Ergonomics principles") at DIN.

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Responsible national committee

NA 023-00-01 GA - Joint working committee NAErg/NAM: Ergonomic principles  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 122/WG 2 - Ergonomic design principles