Application of ergonomics to :

A)Anatomical problems

Anatomy is about the structure of the body.

Most workplace design involves positioning controls but what may be comfortable for a short thickset individual is likely to be awkward for someone tall and slim. Additionally, the reading of poorly positioned instruments may require excessive body movement.Adjustment of the workplace can solve many problems, Many health and safety requirements relate to human anatomy; they are difficult to formulate for all shapes and sizes of worker.

B)physiological problems

Physiology is about the way the body functions.

Physiological problems occur when the body is required to do too much work, to work awkwardly or to work under bad environmental conditions.Fatigue results from most work. The worker should be not more than healthily tired at the end of his working day. Thus the rest allowances built into the task should be adequate without being excessive and uneconomic. Ergonomists assess physical work by measuring oxygen breathed, heart rate change etc, However, in a similar way ergoanalyst can measure recovery from fatigue, There is a natural balance between work periods and rest periods for every day whereby quality and quantity of work are at an optimum


C)Psychological problems

Psychology is about the theory of the human mind.

The difficulty with the application of psychology in management services departments is in its vagueness. Psychology is concerned with the analysis and classification of various states of the human mind. Because human beings vary so much between each other and in such complex ways