Automotive airbags, originally designed with people of average height in mind, could actually increase the chances of car accident-related injury and death for very short or tall people.The findings, prsented this week at the annual Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, are based on an analysis of 65,000 people involved in car accidents
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A graduate whose job offer from air traffic control was retracted because of his 6ft 10in (2.08m) height, has lost an employment tribunal.
Ben Sargeaunt-Thomson, 24, of Northampton, won a coveted place to train at the National Air Traffic Control Centre in Swanwick, Hampshire.
But health and safety assessors ruled it would be “dangerous” for him [...]
A GRADUATE who stood head and shoulders above other candidates for a job with air traffic control was rejected because of his height, an employment tribunal was told yesterday.
Can tall people escape a car crash unhurt? probably not because of a lack of thinking for the tall minority by the undersized majority.
Anyone is likely to be hurt in a car crash. But tall people are more likely to be injured due to poor ergonomics. If you don’t believe me have a look at [...]
The average office worker spends 2,000 hours a year sitting in a chair.
my legs do not fit in the space provided.
A definition of ergonomics is:
“The study of the design and arrangement of equipment so that people will interact with the equipment in healthy, comfortable, and efficient manner. “
The average height for a man in the UK is 5ft 9. The average height for a woman in the UK is 5ft 4.
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