§16§This book offers practical introduction for anyone to conduct ergonomic evaluation of hand tools to improve their performance, comfort and efficiency.People get used to these unergonomic conditions and encounter even extreme occupational hazards by unknowingly adapting bad postures in their normal work cycle. This book is an attempt to successful application of ergonomic principles to overcome the hazardous features of hand tools. The case analysis undertaken with a special reference to kitchen tools is an additional asset of this book which in detail explains all the design flaws in the existing tools and the design features to be incorporated to overcome those flaws leading to enhancement of user's safety, comfort and efficiency. The book includes multiparametric ergonomic analysis of hand tools emphasizing the biomechanical, anthropometric and psychological aspects providing greater knowledge about qualitative as well as quantitative evaluation techniques. The techniques are ex §16§plained in detail to enable any ergonomic professional designing to take up work on hand tools.This book provides valuable professional with technique and useful to the general reading public.
