Manufacturers will have to consider how their various machining and handling tasks put workers at risk for WMSDs. Cases of reported carpal tunnel syndrome average 25 lost work days per year, the highest of any workplace injury. If adopted, OSHA standards will make work sites safer and offer designers guidelines to create office furniture, workstations, checkout counters, etc. However ergonomic data should not be arbitrarily applied.
Human beings are varied and deserve individual solutions to their problems.
A Quick Reference Guide by Jan Dul and Bernard A. Weerdmeest. The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman. Contact them at 604.276.3100 BC WCB regulations applicable to ergonomics and the workplace.