Ergonomics Concept and Application

Abstract

The term ergonomics has expanded its fields extraordinarily, in addition, it coincides with many disciplines, mainly Study of Work and others such as Physiology, Psychology, Safety and Hygiene, and moreover Technical Sciences; the study of ergonomics is based on the operator individually and in a group, as well as the design of the work station, in a few words it studies the Man-Machine-Environment system, arising from the concept in which the machine does not work alone and that the individual does not either, but rather the way in which these elements are related. In general, the following map shows us the main concepts and applications of this discipline.