Anthropometric Procedures for Design Decisions: From Flat Map to 3D Scanning

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• Personal Author:
  Hsiao H ; Hsiao H
• Description:
  Anthropometric principles have been applied to many applications in various industries, for reasons of product value, efficacy and safety. This paper presents four anthropometric approaches for product design decisions. A univariate method has been widely used in designing for extremes, such as in determining door heights. A bivariate method has been useful for products that primarily involve dual essential dimensions, such as in shoe-sizing applications. For many other applications, a multivariate accommodation approach is necessary to account for both the body size variance and proportional variability. A 3D shape-quantification approach is advisable for determining sizing schemes and. size ranges of personal protective equipment, such as fan protection harnesses. A 3D digital feature-envelope approach is instrumental for placement of control components in workspaces, such as in a farm-tractor-cab accommodation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Anthropometry Human-factors-engineering Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Statistical-analysis
• ISBN:
  0849323428
• Publisher:
  CRC Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  144-148
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025698
• Citation:
  Contemporary ergonomics 2004: proceedings of the Ergonomics Society conference. McCabe PT, ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2004 Apr; :144-148
• Editor(s):
  McCabe PT ; McCabe PT
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Traumatic Injuries ; Disease and Injury: Traumatic Injuries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Contemporary ergonomics 2004: proceedings of the Ergonomics Society conference
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196963/cdc_196963_DS1.pdf
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