ABSTRACT
In order to prevent occupationally related accidents, illnesses and injuries, you would be hard put to fi nd anyone who would argue against equipment in the workplace that was designed for users according to gender, age, body dimensions, and physical and mental capacities. Nor does anyone deny that one of the most stimulating challenges for modern design is to ensure a nondiscriminating approach to the design of products, services, environments, and artifacts, one that can be used by as many people as possible regardless of differences in their ability or situation. This chapter is about uniting the different approaches from the working life and design sectors to achieve an even more fruitful outcome than the one that already exists.
