Costs and benefits in occupational ergonomics

Abstract

Forty years after the start of the first industrial ergonomics department, there are still relatively few ergonomists working full time in industry. I argue that this arises primarily from ergonomists' reluctance to consider the economic aspects of their work and show, with examples from a variety of industries, how economic benefit could become a powerful marketing tool for ergonomics.

Keywords:

• Marketing
• Cost-benefits
• Mining.