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KAN took the opportunity to submit recommendations to the EU Commission on the body measurements to be included from an occupational safety and health perspective.
The KAN position advocates, in particular, a current survey of all hand measurements. These measurements are particularly important for occupational safety and health. Products and workplaces can be designed safely only if the body measurements used for this purpose correspond to the body measurements currently found in the population. A further recommendation concerns the creation of a guidance document containing information on proper use of these measurements in standards, and the accessibility of raw data for experts in order to enable modelling of the relationships between different body measurements.
KAN position paper "Requirements that in the opinion of the OSH stakeholders should be met by the European Commission’s study of adult anthropometrics - Part 1: Selection of body dimensions to be measured and need for a guidance document"
EU Commission Study on the inclusiveness of anthropometrics in European harmonised standards