Ergonomic Toolbox

Shaheen Ahmed is a Certified Professional Ergonomist, has compiled the following list of tools and methods in Human Factors and Ergonomics (updated on December 2017). This is the first comprehensive list available as of Today. At least one reference for each tool/method is provided for the original source if necessary for details. Check the Video demonstrations on the practical applications and uses of many of the following tools on this link.  

The List of Tools and Methods in Human Factors and Ergonomics 

• 1. A User-friendly Computer Workstation Ergonomics Checklist (CUErgo 2018)

  2. ACGIH TLV (2019)

  3. Applied Cognitive Task Analysis (ACTA) (Elm et al. 2003)

  4. Applied Cognitive Work Analysis (ACWA) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  5. Assessment of Exposure to Manual Patient Handling in Hospital Wards: MAPO Index (Movement and Assistance of Hospital Patients) (Menoni et al. 2004)

  6. Bedford Scales (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  7. Biomechanical Model (Steven Moore 2002)

  8. Body Discomfort Checklist (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  9. Cognitive Errors (TRACEr) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  10. Cognitive Task Load Analysis (CTLA) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  11. Cognitive Walkthrough (Smith-Jackson 2005)

  12. Cognitive Walk-Through Method (CWM) (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  13. Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  14. Cognitive Work Evaluation Checklist (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  15. Cold Stress Indices (Stanton et al. 2004)

  16. Control Chart (Montgomery 2007)

  17. Cornell Digital Reading Room Ergonomics Checklist (CDRREC) (CUErgo 2018)

  18. Cornell Hand Discomfort Questionnaires (CUErgo 2018)

  19. Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (CUErgo 2018)

  20. Cornell ROI Estimator (CUErgo 2018)

  21. Cornell Task Lighting Evaluation Form (CUErgo 2018)

  22. Cornell University Body Discomfort Survey 2010 (CUErgo 2018)

  23. Cornell Visibility Calculator (CUErgo 2018)

  24. Cost-Benefit Analysis (CUErgo 2018)

  25. Cranfield Situation Awareness Scale (C-SAS) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  26. Crew Awareness Rating Scale (CARS) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  27. Critical Decision Method (CDM) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  28. Critical Incident Technique (CIT) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  29. Crossover chart (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  30. Cumulative Lifting Index (CULI) (Arun Garg and Jay M. Kapellusch, 2016)

  31. Cumulative Trauma Disorder (CTD) Risk Index (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  32. Decision Action Diagrams (DAD) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  33. Decision Structure Tables (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  34. Display Design Checklist (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  35. DRA Workload Scales (DRAWS) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  36. Economic Decision Tools (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  37. Energy Expenditure Model for Material Handling (Garg, Chaffin, and Herrin 1978)

  38. Ergonomic Analysis Tools (Bernard 2018)

  39. Ergonomic Chair Evaluation Checklist (ANSI/HFES 100 -2007) (CUErgo 2018)

  40. Ergonomic Keyboard and Mouse Platform Systems Evaluation Form (CUErgo 2018)

  41. Ergonomic Seating Evaluation Form (CUErgo 2018)

  42. Ergonomic Work surface Evaluation Checklist (ANSI/HFES 100 -2007) (CUErgo 2018)

  43. Ergonomics Cost-Justification Worksheets (CUErgo 2018)

  44. Evaluating Office Lighting (Collins et al. 1989)

  45. Event Tree Analysis (ETA) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  46. Evolutionary Operation of Processes (Konz and Johnson 2000)

  47. Extensive metric/imperial converter (CUErgo 2018)

  48. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (Amzen 1966)

  49. Fault Tree Analysis (Ericson 1999)

  50. Fish Diagrams (Ishikawa 1990)

  51. Flow Diagram (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  52. Flow Diagrams and Process Charts (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  53. Flow Process Chart (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  54. Gang Process Chart (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  55. Gantt Chart (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  56. General Posture and Task Evaluation Checklist (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  57. Goals, Operators, Methods and Selection Rules (GOMS)

  58. Graphical User Interface Checklist (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  59. Hand Activity Level (Armstrong 2006)

  60. Hand-Arm Vibration (HAV) (Pelmear and Taylor 1994)

  61. Hazard Action Tables (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  62. Healthcare Computer Cart Ergonomic Checklist (CUErgo 2018)

  63. Healthcare Computer Wallstation Ergonomic Checklist (CUErgo 2018)

  64. Healthcare Medication Cart Ergonomic Checklist (CUErgo 2018)

  65. Heat Stress Indices (Stanton et al. 2004)

  66. Hierarchical Task Analysis (HTA) (Stanton et al. 2004)

  67. HITOP Analysis™ (Stanton et al. 2004)

  68. Human Error Assessment and Reduction Technique (HEART) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  69. Human Error HAZOP (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  70. Human Error Identification in Systems Tool (HEIST) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  71. Human Error Template (HET) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  72. Indoor Air Quality (Stanton et al. 2004)

  73. Indoor environment and sick building syndrome complaints in air-conditioned offices: benchmarks for facility performance? (Chow, Baldwin, and Seto 1992)

  74. Instantaneous Self-Assessment (ISA) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  75. Job Content Questionnaire (Karasek et al. 1998; Karasek 1985)

  76. Job Safety Analysis (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  77. Job Strain Index (JSI) (Steven Moore and Garg 1995)

  78. Job/Worksite analysis Guide (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  79. Keystroke Level Model (KLM) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  80. Laptop Specific Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (CUErgo 2018)

  81. Machine Evaluation Checklist (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  82. Macroergonomic Analysis and Design (MEAD) (Hendrick and Kleiner 2016)

  83. Macroergonomic Analysis of Structure (MAS) (Hendrick and Kleiner 2016)

  84. Macroergonomic Organizational Questionnaire Survey (MOQS) (Hendrick and Kleiner 2016)

  85. Malvern Capacity Estimate (MACE) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  86. Manual Task Risk Assessment Tool (ManTRA) V2.0 (CUErgo 2018)

  87. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (Maslow 1943)

  88. Maximum Acceptable Efforts (MAE) for Repetitive Tasks (Potvin, 2012)

  89. METS to Calories Calculator (CUErgo 2018)

  90. Mission Awareness Rating Scale (MARS) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  91. Mobile Phone specific Cornell Hand Discomfort Questionnaires (CUErgo 2018)

  92. Modified Cooper Harper Scales (MCH) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  93. MOST (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  94. Motion Economy checklist (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  95. MTM-1 (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  96. MTM-2 (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  97. MTM-3 (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  98. Multi-Activity Charts (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  99. Multimodal Critical Path Analysis (CPA) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  100. Murphy Diagrams (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  101. Muscle Fatigue Assessment: Functional Job Analysis Technique (Stanton et al. 2004)

  102. Musculoskeletal Discomfort Surveys Used at NIOSH (Stanton et al. 2004)

  103. NASA Task Load Index (NASA TLX) (Sonne, Villalta, and Andrews 2012)

  104. Noise Reaction Indices and Assessment (Stanton et al. 2004)

  105. OCRA Checklist (Occhipinti, 1998)

  106. Online unit converter (US/Metric) (McAtamney and Corlett 1993)

  107. Operation Analysis Checklist (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  108. Operation Process Chart (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  109. Operation Sequence Diagrams (OSD) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  110. OSHA's VDT Checklist (OSHA 1997)

  111. Ovako Working Posture Analysing System (OWAS) (Karhu, Kansi, and Kuorinka 1977)

  112. Pareto Analysis/Diagram (Important Items First) (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  113. Perform - Participative Ergonomics for Manual Tasks (Dennis 2005)

  114. PERT chart (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  115. PLIBEL — The Method Assigned for Identification of Ergonomic Hazards (Stanton et al. 2004)

  116. Posture and Task Evaluation Checklist (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  117. Posture Checklist Using Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Technology (Stanton et al. 2004)

  118. Posture, Activity, Tools and Handling (PATH) (Buchholz et al. 1996)

  119. Precedence Chart (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  120. Process Charts (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  121. Project Scheduling (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  122. Propositional Networks (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  123. Pro-SWORD – Subjective Workload Dominance Technique (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  124. Psychophysical Upper Extremity Data (Dempsey, McGorry, and Maynard 2005)

  125. Questionnaire for User Interface Satisfaction (QUIS) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  126. Quick Exposure Checklist (QEC) (Stanton et al. 2004)

  127. Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) (Hignett and McAtamney 2000)

  128. Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA) (Sonne, Villalta, and Andrews 2012)

  129. Rapid Sound-Quality Assessment of Background Noise (Stanton et al. 2004)

  130. Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) (McAtamney and Corlett 1993)

  131. Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale (Borg Scale) (Borg 1982)

  132. Recommended Cumulative Rest Allowance Across Multiple Subtasks (M Gibson & JR Potvin, 2016)

  133. Relationship chart (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  134. Repertory Grid Analysis (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  135. Room Air Temperature and Relative Productivity Calculator

  136. SA Requirements Analysis (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  137. SALSA (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  138. SASHA_L and SASHA_Q (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  139. Setup and Tooling Evaluation Checklist (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  140. Shift work guideline (NIOSH 2015)

  141. Sitting and Standing Workstation Calculators (Alkhajah et al. 2012)

  142. Situation Awareness Behavioural Rating Scale (SABARS) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  143. Situation Awareness Control Room Inventory (SACRI) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  144. Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique (SAGAT) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  145. Situation Awareness Rating Scales (SARS) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  146. Situation Awareness Rating Technique (SART) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  147. Situation Awareness Subjective Workload Dominance (SA-SWORD) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  148. Situation Present Assessment Method (SPAM) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  149. Snook Table: Lifting, Lowering, Pushing, Pulling, and Carrying (Snook and Ciriello 1991)

  150. Software Usability Measurement Inventory (SUMI) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  151. Stanford Sleep Index (Stanford 2018)

  152. Student Specific Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (CUErgo 2018)

  153. Subjective Workload Assessment Technique (SWAT) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  154. Subjective Workload Dominance Technique (SWORD) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  155. Swedish Occupational Fatigue Inventory (Åhsberg, Garnberale, and Kjellberg 1997)

  156. System Engineering Analysis Tool (SEAT) (Stanton et al. 2004)

  157. System for Predictive Error Analysis and Reduction (SPEAR) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  158. System Usability Scale (SUS) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  159. Systematic Human Error Reduction and Prediction Approach (SHERPA) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  160. Tabular Task Analysis (TTA) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  161. Task Analysis for Error Identification (TAFEI) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  162. Task Decomposition (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  163. Technique for Human Error Assessment (THEA) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  164. Technique for the Retrospective and Predictive Analysis of Cognitive Errors (TRACEr) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  165. The CIMOP System© (Stanton et al. 2004)

  166. The Cognitive Reliability and Error Analysis Method (CREAM) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  167. The Dutch Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (DMQ) (Stanton et al. 2004)

  168. The Human Error and Recovery Assessment Framework (HERA) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  169. The Occupational Repetitive Action (OCRA) Methods: OCRA Index and OCRA Checklist (Stanton et al. 2004)

  170. The Sub-Goal Template Method (SGT) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  171. Therblig Analysis Checklist (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  172. Thermal Comfort Indices  (Stanton et al. 2004)

  173. Think-aloud (or thinking aloud) Protocol (Lewis 1982)

  174. Timeline Analysis (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  175. TOP-Modeler© (Stanton et al. 2004)

  176. Travel Chart (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  177. Two hand Process Chart (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  178. User Trials (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  179. USGBC Ergonomics Requirements Worksheets and Survey (CUErgo 2018)

  180. Utah Compression Model by Bloswick (Merryweather, Loertscher, and Bloswick 2009)

  181. Verbal Protocol Analysis (VPA) (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  182. Wage Incentive Checklist (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  183. Walkthrough Analysis (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  184. Washington State Ergonomic and MSD Risk Assessment Checklist (WashingtonState 2018)

  185. WISHA Lifting Calculator (WashingtonState 2018)

  186. Work Environment Checklist (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  187. Worker-Machine Process Charts (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

  188. Workload Profile Technique (Stanton, Salmon, and Rafferty 2013)

  189. Workplace Ergonomic Risk Assessment (WERA) (CUErgo 2018)

  190. Workstation Evaluation Checklist (Freivalds and Niebel 2013)

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