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ideal seated posture for desk and key- supported. Healthy freedom of move-
board work. In the drawing, feet, back, ment with comfort and safety is to-
buttocks, and forearms are well day’s performance standard. It is
supported, providing stability. Clear- sound ergonomics, and good sense.
ance is excellent: there are no barriers
to movement or circulation. And the Ergonomics at Allsteel
head, neck, forearms, wrists, hands— Our ergonomics team studies workers:
in fact, the entire body—is in the who they are, the way they work, and
green zone, the desirable neutral posi- what they need to be comfortable and
tion. At the same time, this idealized healthy. These insights are built into
picture does not imply a worker every product we make. Commitment
should stay put. (In fact, for pro- to ergonomics is clearly reflected in
longed-focus tasks like data entry, advanced chair designs with dynamic
workers are encouraged to get up from adaptive back support, and height-
the chair occasionally to stretch, bend, adjustable worksurfaces.
and move.) As we have said, workers
do not sit still. With modern office For more information
furniture, most of their natural, spon- www.allsteeloffice.com/ergo or e-mail
taneous movement is encouraged and ergonomics@allsteeloffice.com
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Credits
Scott Openshaw, M.S., heads All-
steel’s Ergonomics Group. With an
academic background in Human Biol-
ogy and Biomedical Engineering,
Scott applies human factors and ergo-
nomics principles to the design of of-
fice furniture at Allsteel. Scott has
taught Rehabilitation Engineering at
the university level and is currently a
doctoral candidate in Industrial Engi-
neering at the University of Iowa. He
is a member of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society and the Institute
of Industrial Engineers.