ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 9241-6 First edition 1999-12-01 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - Part 6: Guidance on the work environment Exigences ergonomiques pour travail de bureau avec terminaux a écrans de visualisation (TEV)- Partie 6: Guide général relatif a I'environnement de travail ISO Reference number ISO 9241-6:1999(E) HS under ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 9241-6:1999(E) Contents 1Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 General guiding principles 5 Guidance on natural and artificial lighting... 6 Guidance on sound and noise 8 7 Guidance on mechanical vibrations 8 Guidance on electromagnetic fields and static electricity . 9 Guidance on thermal environment . 12 1o Guidance on space organization and workplace layout... Annex A (informative) Lighting.... .15 AnnexB(informative)Methodsformeasuringandevaluatingsound .23 AnnexC(informative)Measurements,evaluationandassessmentofwhole-bodyvibrations 28 Annex D (informative) Thermal environment.. .29 Bibliography. @ISO1999 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from the publisher. InternationalOrganizationforStandardization Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneve 20 · Switzerland Internet [email protected] Printed in Switzerland Not for Resale ISO 9241-6:1999(E) @ ISO Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through IsO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. IsO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission(iEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 3. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Committee SC 4, Ergonomics of human-system interaction, Working Group WG 3, Control, workplace and environmental requirements. IsO 9241 consists of the following parts, under the general title Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs): Part 1: General introduction Part 2: Guidance on task requirements Part 3: Visual display requirements Part 4: Keyboard requirements Part 5: Workstation layout and postural requirements -Part 6: Guidance on the work environment Part 7: Requirements for display with reflections Part 8: Requirements for displayed colours Part 9: Requirements for non-keyboard input devices Part 10: Dialogue principles Part 11: Guidance on usability Part 12: Presentation of information Part 13: User guidance Part 14: Menu diaiogues Part 15: Command dialogues Part 16:Directmanipulation dialogues Part 17: Form filling dialogues Annexes A to D of this part of ISO 9241 are for information only. ional Organization for Standardizatior ili Copyright Intern Not for Resale