Cornell University Ergonomics Web

Workplace Ergonomics Tools

• Handbook
  • Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods
    
    
• Product Evaluations (for Offices, Healthcare, etc.)
  • Fitts' Recripocal Clicking Task (for evaluating input device performance)
  • Fitts' Radial Clicking Task (for evaluating input device performance)
  • Homing Task (for evaluating keyboard and mouse use)
  • Ergonomic Seating Evaluation Form (web form)
  • Ergonomic Seating Evaluation Form (pdf download)
  • Ergonomic Keyboard and Mouse Platform Systems Evaluation Form (pdf download)
  • Ergonomic Chair Evaluation Checklist (ANSI/HFES 100 -2007) (pdf download)
  • Ergonomic Worksurface Evaluation Checklist (ANSI/HFES 100 -2007) (pdf download)
  • Healthcare Computer Wallstation Ergonomic Checklist (2009) pdf download)
  • Healthcare Computer Cart Ergonomic Checklist (2009) (pdf download)
  • Ergonomics Cost-Justification Worksheets
  • Cornell ROI Estimator
    
    
• Posture Evaluations
  • Workplace Ergonomic Risk Assessment (WERA)
  • Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA)
  • 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 University Body Discomfort Survey 2010 (English - web form)
  • Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (English)
    • Musculoskeletal discomfort questionnaire (Spanish) - note: the origin of this questionnaire is unknown.
    • Musculoskeletal discomfort questionnaire (Turkish) - note: this was translated and validated by Dr.Oguzhan Erdinc.
    • Musculoskeletal discomfort questionnaire (Iranian Farsi) - note: this was translated and validated by Hossein Afifehzade-Kashani.
  • Cornell Hand Discomfort Questionnaires (English)
  • Cornell Hand discomfort questionnaire (Turkish) - note: this was translated and validated by Dr.Oguzhan Erdinc.
  • Laptop Specific Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (English) - note this was adapted by Hossein Afifehzade-Kashani.
  • Laptop Specific Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (Iranian Farsi) - note this was translated by Hossein Afifehzade-Kashani.
  • Student Specific Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (English) note: this was developed by Dr.Oguzhan Erdinc and Dr. Mahmut Eksioglu.
    • Student Specific Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (Turkish) note: this was developed by Dr.Oguzhan Erdinc and Dr. Mahmut Eksioglu.
    • Student Specific Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (Iranian Farsi) note: this was translated by Hossein Afifehzade-Kashani.
  • Dutch Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire (English translation, standardized)
  • NIOSH Lifting Equation
  • Liberty Mutual Force Tables (Snook Tables)
  • Push/pull/carry force calculator
     
• Place Evaluations
  • USGBC Ergonomics Requirements Worksheets and Survey
  • Cornell Digital Reading Room Ergonomics Checklist (CDRREC)
  • Sitting and Standing Workstation Calculators
  • 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?
  • Room Air Temperature and Relative Productivity Calculator
     
• Other useful tools
• METS to Calories Calculator
• Extensive metric/imperial converter
• Online unit converter (US/Metric)
• Ergonomic Analysis Tools (Prof. T. Bernard)