Cart

3548 Human factors standards for facility design: Early design quick reference guide

human-and-organisational-factors
  • Published: February 2024
  • REF/ISBN: 9781787254060
  • Edition: 1st

Overview:

Human factors considerations (ergonomics, anthropometry, etc.) are key to good facility design; however, too often human factors is not considered early enough in the design life cycle, despite there being numerous human factors design standards published. The large number of standards may make it difficult to understand what the human factors requirements are when designing various plant items.

This publication was developed to summarise key design requirements and considerations, as described by commonly used human factors design standards, and common industry good practice. This publication covers nine areas of facility design, covering walkways, ladders, stairways, wash stations, common hazards such as hot and cold surfaces, valves, lifting areas, and aspects of accommodation and control rooms.

Each section includes illustrations of various facility areas and items with measurements (in metric and imperial units), hazards and other key information highlighted, along with simple to follow text outlining key requirements and industry good practice.

The guidance should be broadly applicable to various types of energy sector site, including upstream, downstream, onshore, offshore, renewable, non-renewable, etc.

Our publications website is designed exclusively for EI members and customers to easily access and download PDF versions of our publications. For hard copies, please contact the EI Publishing Team at [email protected]. To access previously downloaded copies go to My publications.

Membership icon Your membership
  • User type icon User Type
  • PDF icon PDF Document
  • Hard copy icon Hard copy
  • Discount icon 25% discount on most EI publications
  • Free icon Free access to other EI publications
Membership icon Your membership
  • Technical partners
  • Free
  • Contact us
Membership icon Your membership
  • Technical company members
  • Free
  • Contact us
  • Limited access
Membership icon Your membership
  • EI member
  • Free
  • Contact us
Membership icon Your membership
  • Non-member
  • Free
  • Contact us
Membership icon

Your membership

Technical partners

  • PDF icon PDF Document
    Free
  • Hard copy icon Hard copy
    Contact us
  • Free icon Free access to other EI publications
Membership icon

Your membership

Technical company members

  • PDF icon PDF Document
    Free
  • Hard copy icon Hard copy
    Contact us
  • Free icon Limited access to other EI publications
Membership icon

Your membership

EI member

  • PDF icon PDF Document
    Free
  • Hard copy icon Hard copy
    Contact us
  • Free icon Limited access to other EI publications
Membership icon

Your membership

Non-member

  • PDF icon PDF Document
    Free
  • Hard copy icon Hard copy
    Contact us
  • Free icon Limited access to other EI publications

Related EI content