title: Ergonomic research in German travelling mail service. Part 1: ergonomic problems and research in railway mail vans.
abstract: Ergonomic problems in the travelling mail service are described, showing the necessity of ergonomic research work within the railway mail van, to obtain results suitable for evaluating the strain of travelling mail office clerks as well as for designing the system of a mail railroad car. The special methodological procedure of this type of ergonomic field research is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Arbeitwissenschaft, University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rohmert
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Laurig
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jenik