ISO 9241-6:1999
Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - Part 6: Guidance on the work environment

Standard No.

ISO 9241-6:1999

Release Date

1999

Published By

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

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ISO 9241-6:1999

Scope

This part of ISO 9241 provides guidance on basic principles for the ergonomic design of the work environment and the workstation, taking into account lighting, effects of noise and mechanical vibrations, electrical and magnetic fields and static electricity, thermal environment, space organization and workplace layout. This part of ISO 9241 is applicable to the work environment and workstation in those work systems where a visual display terminal (VDT) is used for office work. However, this part of ISO 9241 does not specify the technical characteristics of the equipment needed to satisfy those equipment-related guidelines associated with the work environment.

ISO 9241-6:1999 Referenced Document

• IEC 61000-4-2:1995 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4: Testing and measuring techniques - Section 2: Electrostatic discharge immunity test - Basic EMC publication
• IEC 61000-4-8:1993 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC); part 4: testing and measurement techniques; section 8: power frequency magnetic field immunity test; basic EMC publication
• ISO 11690-1:1996 Acoustics - Recommended practice for the design of low-noise workplaces containing machinery - Part 1: Noise control strategies
• ISO 1996-1 Acoustics - Description, measurement and assessment of environmental noise - Part 1: Basic quantities and assessment procedures*， 2016-03-01 Update
• ISO 2631-1 Mechanical vibration and shock — Evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration — Part 1: General requirements AMENDMENT 1
• ISO 2631-2 Mechanical vibration and shock - Evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration - Part 2: Vibration in buildings (1 Hz to 80 Hz)*， 2003-04-01 Update
• ISO 5349 Mechanical vibration; Guidelines for the measurement and the assessment of human exposure to hand-transmitted vibration
• ISO 6385 Ergonomics principles in the design of work systems*， 2016-09-01 Update
• ISO 7730:1994 Moderate thermal environments - Determination of the PMV and PPD indices and specification of the conditions for thermal comfort
• ISO 8995:1989 Principles of visual ergonomics; the lighting of indoor work systems
• ISO 9241-3:1992 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs); part 3: visual display requirements
• ISO 9241-7 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - Part 7: Requirements for display with reflections
• ISO 9612 Acoustics*， 2024-02-01 Update

ISO 9241-6:1999 history

• 1999 ISO 9241-6:1999 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - Part 6: Guidance on the work environment