ILO Home
Go to the home page
Site map | Contact us Français | Español

CISDOC database

Document ID (ISN)57091
CIS number 91-2080
ISSN - Serial title 0007-5868 - Bundesarbeitsblatt
Year 1991
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Jahn J.
Title Method of rating at cash-register workplaces
Original title Bewertungsschema Kassenarbeitsplätze [in German]
Bibliographic information 1991, No.2, p.18-20. Illus. 6 ref.
Abstract This article describes a method for the ergonomic evaluation of the layout of cash-register workplaces in supermarkets. This methods covers: design of equipment, work postures and body movements as well as work-rest schedules. Each factor is graded according to its importance, using ergonomic principles. The application of this method can ensure that the equipment is adapted to a sitting work posture.
Descriptors (primary) equipment layout; supermarkets; design of equipment; ergonomics; cash registers
Descriptors (secondary) commercial activities; work organization; workplace design; work posture; work study; shops; anthropometry; work-rest schedules; sitting posture
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s) Physiology, ergonomics
Browse category(ies) Retail industry
Ergonomics