ergonomics
WHAT IS ERGONOMICS ?
The word ergonomics was created in 1857, combining words ergon (“work”) and nomos (“law”) coming from ancient greek. International Ergonomics association defines it as a scientific discipline aiming at understanding of interactions between humanbeings and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theories, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and more generally, system performance.
SWISS LAW
According to State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) comments regarding Ordinance 3 (OLT 3) of Labor's law (LTr), the latter sets out general and specific ergonomic requirements for the design and layout of workstations.