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Annexure C: Ergonomic Data - extracts from to AS1755-2000 (Normative)

C7 Lower Limb Reach Distance
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C7.1        General

 

The data given in Figure C6 may be used where the risk assessment shows that there is a risk only to the lower limbs. Where there is a risk to both upper and lower limbs, then the longest safety distance appropriate to the aperture size and given in Figure C4 of Figure C6 shall be used.

 

C7.2Reaching in and through regular openings

 

The dimension of openings (e), corresponds to the side of a square opening, the diameter of a round opening or the narrowest dimension of an elongated opening or slot.

 

R1024 Figure C5

FIGURE C5: Irregular-shaped opening

 

R1024 Figure C6

FIGURE C6: Reaching in and through regular openings with the lower limbs