Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) Guidance on the work environment

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15-03-2000

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British Standards Institution

1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General guiding principles
5 Guidance on natural and artificial lighting
6 Guidance on sound and noise
7 Guidance on mechanical vibrations
8 Guidance on electromagnetic fields and static
electricity
9 Guidance on thermal environment
10 Guidance on space organization and workplace layout
Annex A (informative) Lighting
Annex B (informative) Methods for measuring and evaluating
sound
Annex C (informative) Measurements, evaluation and assessment
of whole body vibrations
Annex D (informative) Thermal environment
Bibliography

Gives advice on basic principles for the ergonomic design of the work environment and workstation, including lighting, effect of mechanical vibrations and noise, magnetic and electrical fields and static electricity, thermal environment, space organization and layout of the workplace.

This part of ISO 9241 provides guidance on basic principles for the ergonomic design of the work environment and the workstation, taking into account lighting, effects of noise and mechanical vibrations, electrical and magnetic fields and static electricity, thermal environment, space organization and workplace layout.

This part of ISO 9241 is applicable to the work environment and workstation in those work systems where a visual display terminal (VDT) is used for office work.

However, this part of ISO 9241 does not specify the technical characteristics of the equipment needed to satisfy those equipment-related guidelines associated with the work environment.

Committee	PH/9
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes BS 7179-6(1990) (02/2000) Supersedes 96/500602 DC. (06/2005)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	42
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current
Supersedes	96/500602 DC : DRAFT MAR 1996 BS 7179-6:1990

Standards	Relationship
NS EN ISO 9241-6 : 1ED 2000	Identical
DIN EN ISO 9241-6:2001-03	Identical
UNE-EN ISO 9241-6:2000	Identical
NF EN ISO 9241-6 : 2000	Identical
NEN EN ISO 9241-6 : 2000	Identical
I.S. EN ISO 9241-6:2000	Identical
NBN EN ISO 9241-6 : 2000	Identical
SN EN ISO 9241-6 : 2001	Identical
EN ISO 9241-6:1999	Identical
ISO 9241-6:1999	Identical
UNI EN ISO 9241-6 : 2001	Identical

DEFSTAN 00-25(PT19)/1(2004) : 2004	HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 19: HUMAN ENGINEERING DOMAIN
BS 7988:2002	Code of practice for the use of information technology (IT) in the delivery of assessments

IEC 61000-4-8 : 2.0	ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) - PART 4-8: TESTING AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES - POWER FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD IMMUNITY TEST
ISO 5349:1986	Mechanical vibration — Guidelines for the measurement and the assessment of human exposure to hand-transmitted vibration
IEC 61000-4-8:2009	Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-8: Testing and measurement techniques - Power frequency magnetic field immunity test
ISO 9241-7:1998	Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) Part 7: Requirements for display with reflections
ISO 11690-1:1996	Acoustics Recommended practice for the design of low-noise workplaces containing machinery Part 1: Noise control strategies
ISO 1996-1:2016	Acoustics Description, measurement and assessment of environmental noise Part 1: Basic quantities and assessment procedures
ISO 2631-2:2003	Mechanical vibration and shock — Evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration — Part 2: Vibration in buildings (1 Hz to 80 Hz)
IEC 61000-4-2:2008	Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-2: Testing and measurement techniques - Electrostatic discharge immunity test
ISO 9612:2009	Acoustics Determination of occupational noise exposure Engineering method
ISO 7730:2005	Ergonomics of the thermal environment — Analytical determination and interpretation of thermal comfort using calculation of the PMV and PPD indices and local thermal comfort criteria
ISO 2631-1:1997	Mechanical vibration and shock — Evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration — Part 1: General requirements
ISO 6385:2016	Ergonomics principles in the design of work systems
ISO 8995-1:2002	Lighting of work places Part 1: Indoor

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