Subjective assessment of fork-lift truck seats under laboratory conditions

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 295-309

  Donati, P ^a   Patel, J A ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustments; Dimensions; Fork lift trucks; Seats; Subjective assessment

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS; SEATS; TRUCK DRIVERS;

FORK-LIFT TRUCKS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SEAT; SEATBELT; SUSPENSION; WEIGHT;

EID: 0033181045     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(98)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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