ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 9241-5 First edition 1998-10-01 Ergonomic reguirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - Part 5: Workstation layout and postural requirements Exigences ergonomiques pourtravail debureau avec terminaux a écrans de visualisation (TEV) Partie 5: Aménagement du poste de travail et exigences relatives aux postures iso Reference number ISO 9241-5:1998(E) Not for Resa ISO 9241-5:1998(E) Contents Page Scope 1 2 Normative references . 3 Definitions Guiding principles . 4 4.1 General considerations.. 4 4.2 Versatility and flexibility . 4 4.3 Fit... 4 4.4 Postural change.. 5 4.5 User information 5 4.6 Maintainability-adaptability. 5 Design requirements and recommendations 5 5.1 General... 5 5.2Postures 6 5.3 Ease of adjustment.. 9 5.4 Support surfaces . 9 5.5 Work chair 11 5.6 Additional support elements .. 14 5.7 Layout of workstations within the work space 15 6 Conformance 16 Measurement.. 16 7.1 Support surfaces 16 7.2 Safety and stability aspects of workstations.. 17 7.3 Seat height . @ISO1998 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. International Organization for Standardization Casepostale56·CH-1211Geneve20·Switzerland Internet [email protected] Printed in Switzerland ational Organization for Standardization Not for Resal ISO 9241-5:1998(E) @ ISO 7.4 Castors... 17 7.5 Layout of workstations within the workspace . 17 Annex A (informative) Anthropometric data needed for workstation design and selection ... 18 Bibliography 25 ili yIHSunder working permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale