FROM THE GREEK
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-20_DJ_29.wmv">Alex reports from a Ford Motor Company plant in Dearborn, MI.</a>)  To make jobs easier & safer, trucks on the assembly line are raised or lowered on these accordion lifts, which are called skillets; it's an example of this science of practical human engineering; it comes from the Greek word which means "work"'
ergonomics