A Design of a Work Desk for Persons in a Wheelchair

Abstract

It is very important to identify the problems associated with the working space for disabled employees in administration. However, since the problems of disabled employees are very extensive, this paper will focus only on a selected area, which is spinal cord injury in T10 - L3 and L4-S2 (Low paraplegia and paralysis). The main goal of this work is to propose the parameters for the ideal work desk and adjust the workplace for a persons in a wheelchair . In this work, the comparison of the requirements between the healthy worker and the worker with a disability has been performed. Moreover, specific standards for the dimensions of the wheelchair, wheelchair turning radius, anthropometrics of chairbound people and the parameters of office equipment are presented as well. The data of workers with disabilities is subsequently used for the creation of a visual workplace design in JACK human simulation software and also for manual drawings of the final design. The proposed work is to improve working conditions of employees with disabilities. In addition, this work will stimulate more interest in the employment of persons with disabilities and help to improve the view of equality in society.