Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Human factors
There is a specific requirement to consider ergonomics/human factors in some UK legislation, listed below. Most of this applies across all industry sectors, but some is specific to particular industries. HSE and other organisations have produced guidance that is intended to help you tackle human factors issues and comply with the relevant legislation. The information produced by HSE is either free for immediate download or available to order at low cost.
Regulations with requirements for ergonomics or with a human factors element (industry specific regulations are listed on the industry specific pages)
Current guidance on the regulations listed above is available electronically by subscribing to HSE Direct or can be purchased from HSE Books and other booksellers in paper form.