anthropometry Archives • Taylor'd Ergonomics

We love work!

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Carrie in anthropometry, ergonomics of ergonomics, News, Office Ergo

“I like work, it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” Jerome K. Jerome, 1889 Jerome Jerome was not an ergonomist, but he could have been. Like him, we like to watch people work – we like figuring out what they are doing, and why. We...

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Why 10 cm of forward reach matters

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Carrie in anthropometry, Design, engineering, injury, News, productivity, Quality

Estimated reading time: 2:45 We are often asked to do assessments where forward reach turns out to be the most significant issue. Our recommendations often involve changes that look insignificant…we want to chisel away at this table, or nudge the part bin a bit closer, or reinstall two pieces of...

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How to keep your existing office furniture and make it a sit/stand desk

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Carrie in anthropometry, Design, Ergo at home, News, Office Ergo

If you have furniture in your home office that you want to keep, but you’re yearning for the option to stand, you might be considering some portable products. Desk top models that sit on top of an existing desk typically make the typing surface too high for sitting, because most...

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How are you affected by poor ergo design?

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Carrie in anthropometry, Design, Industrial, Manual handling, News, PPE, tools, training

If workplaces were designed ergonomically, there would be fewer injuries, people would be more productive, and the quality of their work would be better. Don’t believe me? I challenged myself to come up with an everyday example of poor ergonomic design, for each of the design guidelines in our course....

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Sit/Stand tables at a warehouse near you (Please ask, “How low do they go?”)

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Carrie in anthropometry, Design, Ergo at home, Office Ergo

On Saturday, as I maneuvered my cart through our local warehouse store, I noticed that they were selling electric height-adjustable sit-stand desks. This is quite an exciting development in the war against sitting that has been waged in the media lately. I have long imagined a world where people had...

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