Seating at work: ergonomic selection and adjustment

Health and Safety Executive Safety representatives and safety committees L87 (Third edition) HSE Books 1996 ISBN 0 7176 1220 1 Reducing error and influencing behaviour HSG48 (Second edition) HSE Books 1999 ISBN 0 7176 2452 8 If the task fits: Ergonomics at work Leaflet INDG90 HSE Books 1994 (single copy free or priced packs of 10 ISBN 0 7176 1379 8) Working with VDUs Leaflet INDG36(rev1) HSE Books 1998 (single copy free or priced packs of 10 ISBN 0 7176 1504 9) Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Code of Practice for the elimination of discrimination in the field of employment against disabled persons or persons who have had a disability HMSO 1996 ISBN 0 11 7028 606 The Stationery Office Tel: 0870 600 5522 Fax: 0870 600 5533 Websites: www.clicktso.com www.thestationeryoffice.com Also available from local TSO shops Literature relevant to seating at work Branton P Seating in industry Applied Ergonomics 1(3) 1970 159-165 Clark TS and Corlett EN The ergonomics of workspaces and machines A design manual Taylor and Francis 1995 ISBN 0 7484 0320 5 Business equipment and information technology association Modification of gas-lift pedestal chairs A BEITA Code of Practice BEITA 1987 Donkin, S W (DC) Sitting on the job 1989 ISBN 0 3955 0089 3 Fraser TM The worker at work A textbook concerned with men and women in the workplace (chapter 11, 178-200) Taylor and Francis 1989 ISBN 0 85 066481 0 Grandjean E Ergonomics in computerised offices Taylor and Francis 1987 ISBN 0 85 0663150 0 Kroemer KHE (ed) Fitting the task to the human A textbook of occupational ergonomics, (5th edn) Taylor and Francis 1997 ISBN 0 7484 066 54 Grey SM, Norris BJ et al Ergonomics in the electronic retail environment International Computers Ltd 1987 Mandal AC The seated man (homo sedens) The seated work position Theory and practice Applied Ergonomics 12(1) 1981 19-26 Pheasant S T Bodyspace - anthropometry, ergonomics and the design (2nd edn) Taylor and Francis 1996 ISBN 0 7484 0326 4 Leuder R and Noro K Hard facts about soft machine The ergonomics of seating Taylor and Francis 1994 ISBN 0 8506 6802 6 Sellers D 25 Steps to safe computing 1995 ISBN 0 2018 8366 X Sweeney G M and Clarke A K Office seating for people with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and low back pain Physiotherapy 1990 Seating at work Page 21 of 22