- Author
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Jones, C. E.
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Fechter, J. V.
- Title
- Safe Environments--Anthropometric, Biomechanical, and Activity Considerations.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersubrg, MD
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBSIR 80-2014,
June 1980,
155 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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accidents
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handicapped
- Abstract
- This report has been prepared for the National Bureau of Standards' Center for Fire Research as part of their support to the Office of Human Development Services of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The major objective of this report is to summarize data describing the physical characteristics of "normal" and disabled people as actual or potential resident's of "normal" homes, the space through which they move, their limits of bodily action, the causes of their injuries, and the factors influencing their use of residential time. The data have been obtained almost entirely from published literature. Specific and general evaluations of the applicability of the data to normal home activities are presented.