This Malaysian Standard establishes ergonomic recommendations for different work tasks. This standard provides information to those involved in design, or redesign, of work, jobs and products who are familiar with the basic concepts of ergonomics in genral, and working postures in particular.
It specifies recommended limits for static working postures without any or only with minimal external force exertion,while taking into account body angles and time aspects
It is designed to provide guidance on the assessment of several task variables, allowing the heallth risks for the working population to be evaluated
It applies to the adult working population. The recommendation will give reasonable protection for nearly all healthy adults. The recommendations concerning health risk and protection are mainly based on experimental studies regarding the musculoskeletal load,discomfort/pain, and endurance/fatique related to static working postures