Cornell University Ergonomics Web

Workplace Ergonomics Tools

• Handbook
  • Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods
    
    
• Product Evaluations
  • Ergonomic Keyboard and Mouse Platform Systems Evaluation Form
  • Ergonomic Seating Evaluation Form
  • Ergonomics Cost-Justification Worksheets
    
    
• Posture Evaluations
  • Manual Task Risk Assessment Tool (ManTRA) V2.0
  • Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA)
  • Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA)
  • Job Strain Index (JSI)
  • Quick Exposure Checklist (QEC)
  • Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (English)
  • Musculoskeletal discomfort questionnaire (Spanish) - note: the origin of this questionnaire is unknown.
  • Musculoskeletal discomfort questionnaire (Turkish) - note: this was developed and validated by Dr. Oguzhan Erdinc.
  • Dutch Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire (English translation, standardized)
  • NIOSH Lifting Equation
  • Liberty Mutual Force Tables (Snook Tables)
  • Push/pull/carry force calculator
     
• Place Evaluations
  • Cornell Digital Reading Room Ergonomics Checklist (CDREC)
  • OSHA's VDT Checklist
  • A User-friendly Computer Workstation Ergonomics Checklist (English)
     
• Lighting tools
  • Cornell Task Lighting Evaluation Form
  • Cornell Visibility Calculator
     
• IAQ/SBS tools
  • Indoor environment and sick building syndrome complaints in air-conditioned offices: benchmarks for facility performance?
     
• Other useful tools
  • Extensive metric/imperial converter
  • Online unit converter (US/Metric)
  • Ergonomic Analysis Tools (Prof. T. Bernard)