ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 26800 First edition 2011-08-15 Ergonomics General approach, principles and concepts Ergonomie Approche generale, principes et concepts Reference number ISO 26800:2011(E) ISO @ISO2011 ISO 26800:2011(E) COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT @ISO2011 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2011 - All riahts reserved ISO 26800:2011(E) Contents Page! Foreword Introductio 1 Scope. 2 Termsanddefinitions 3 4 Principles of ergonomics 4.1 General 4.2 Human-centred, 4.3 Criteria-basedevaluation. 5 Concepts in ergonomics. 5.1 General 5.2 The system concept 5.3 Load-effects concept 5.4 5.5 Accessibility 11 6 The ergonomics-oriented design process 12 6.1 General 12 6.2 Basic requirements for an ergonomics-oriented design process. 12 7 Conformity.. .13 AnnexA(informative)Sustainability 14 Annex B (informative) Textual descriptions of the figures for visually impaired readers 15 Bibliography. 17 i"ahts reserved ii