Abstract:

For the transition from a manufacture production to factory production, the universality of work was necessary, which meant a fundamental change in the development of tools. Workers no longer made their tools, production separated from the machine user, and thus the adjustment to the individual person decreased. This development had a negative impact on the ergonomic relationship of man - machine and the development and emergence of new technologies continues. In those times, the first attempts to study human labour began to appear, looking for the optimal positions and movements at work and examination of the influence of environment on worker productivity. Over time, the formation of a new discipline - ergonomics to contribute to improving the conditions of humans, and their activities, to increase productivity, improve well-being and development of their personality.