Safety Clothing: User-Oriented Product Development and Evaluation

摘要

This paper outlines a user-oriented, systematic development and ergonomic evaluation of an innovative safety overall. Workplace safety has come to the fore recently after a series of accidents related to work. New Zealand's leading cause of injury in the workplace is by falls or a loss of balance (Accident Compensation Corporation Report, 1998). New Zealand has the third highest number of fall related fatalities in construction and the second highest fatality rate per 100,000 workers in the world (New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1998). This has prompted a demand for increased safety levels and equipment in the workplace. Legislation changes have introduced the compulsory use of Fall-Arrest Safety Harnesses when working at a height.