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Document ID (ISN)53386
CIS number 90-666
ISSN - Serial title 0300-3329 - Sicherheitsingenieur
Year 1989
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Fleischer A.G.
Title Ergonomic aspects of the use of mobile visual display terminals on fork-lift trucks
Original title Ergonomische Aspekte beim Einsatz mobiler Datenstationen auf Flurförderzeugen [in German]
Bibliographic information 1989, Vol.20, No.9, p.78-82, 84-86. Illus. 17 ref.
Abstract Recommendations concerning installation and design of visual display terminals on fork-lift trucks address: (1) anthropometric aspects (e.g. use without postural strain), (2) ergonomic keyboard design, (3) ergonomic presentation of characters on the display screen, (4) software which permits the user to decide procedural matters.
Descriptors (primary) visual displays; design of equipment; fork-lift trucks; anthropometry
Descriptors (secondary) ergonomics; data processing equipment; control panels and desks; industrial trucks; computers
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Materials handling and storage
Broad subject area(s) Physiology, ergonomics
Browse category(ies) Anthropometry
Ergonomics