General Building, Work Station, and Area Designs

General Building, Work Station, and Area Designs 

Workplace designs are appropriate when they provide secure, well-lighted protected areas, which do not facilitate assaults or other uncontrolled activity. 

Design of facilities should ensure uncrowded conditions for workers and customers. Areas for privacy and protection are needed, although isolation should be avoided. For example, doors must be fitted with windows so that other workers can view any aberrant behavior. 

Work areas should be designed and furniture arranged to prevent entrapment of the workers and 

Reception areas should be protected by enclosures, which prevent molesting, throwing objects, reaching into the work area or otherwise creating a hazard or nuisance to the worker such barriers should not restrict communication but should be protective. 

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