Revised and updated to reflect new insights from workplace developments, this second edition of a bestseller continues the tradition of providing essential tools for implementing good ergonomics in a way that simultaneously improves both productivity and safety. Based on 35 years of practical problem-solving in over 1,500 workplaces, the book provides a down-to-earth and practical guide for solving ergonomics problems. It provides a framework for evaluating tasks using low-tech, non-quantitative methods, along with an overview of the standard measuring systems for those occasions when numbers are needed.