FAQ, glossary and list of standards

The glossary contains a list of terms and the associated explanations.

List of standards

A list of all standards referred to in this guide is provided below. Other literature can be found under FAQ/further literature (last point of the FAQ).

  • DIN 5566-1 Railway vehicles – Driver cabs – Part 1: General requirements, published 2020-05
  • DIN 33402-1 Ergonomics – Body dimensions of people – Part 1: Terms and definitions, measuring procedures, published 2008-03
  • DIN 33402-2 Ergonomics – Human body dimensions – Part 2: Values, published 2020-12 
  • DIN 33408-1 Body templates – Part 1: For seats of all kinds, published 2008-03, supplemented by Supplement 1
  • DIN 33408 Supplement 1 Body templates for seats of all kinds; application examples, published 1987-01
  • Withdrawn: DIN 33419 General bases of the ergonomic examination of product drafts and industrial products, published 1993-02; the recommended replacement is DIN EN ISO 15537
  • EN 547-1 Safety of machinery – Human body measurements – Part 1: Principles for determining the dimensions required for openings for whole body access into machinery; published 2009-01
  • EN 547-3 Safety of machinery – Human body measurements – Part 3: Anthropometric data; published 2009-01
  • EN 614-1 Safety of machinery – Ergonomic design principles – Part 1: Terminology and general principles, published 2009-06
  • EN ISO 3411 Earth-moving machinery – Physical dimensions of operators and minimum operator space envelope; published 2007-11; amended by Corrigenda 1 (2008-01) and Corrigenda 2 (2009-01)
  • EN ISO 7250-1 Basic human body measurements for technological design – Part 1: Body measurement definitions and landmarks; published 2017-09
  • CEN ISO/TR 7250-2 Basic human body measurements for technological design – Part 2: Statistical summaries of body measurements from individual ISO populations; published 2013-08
  • EN ISO 11064-3 Ergonomic design of control centres – Part 3: Control room layout; published 2000-09
  • EN ISO 14738 Safety of machinery – Anthropometric requirements for the design of workstations at machinery; published 2020-05
  • EN ISO 15537 Principles for selecting and using test persons for testing anthropometric aspects of industrial products and designs; published 2022-06
  • EN ISO 20685 series of standards 3-D scanning methodologies for internationally compatible anthropometric databases; published 2018-12 (Part 1); 2023-09 (Part 2)
  • DIN SPEC 33402-5 Ergonomie - Körpermaße des Menschen - Untersuchung der Verfahren zur Hochrechnung und Abschätzung von Körpermaßdaten; published 2010-11