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This page provides notes relating to human sizes and links to sites providing data on human measurements and interfaces.

The following data is for guidance and is not for detailed design.
In designing any equipment requiring manual handling one is advised to refer the the relevant regulations.  Refer to.    HSE Info

Useful Dimensions ..A page on this website with some useful human related dimensions Anthropometric Data Standing Person Note: The table relates to British person. The 5% percentile indicates that 5% of people are smaller than the sizes given. The 95% percentile indicates that 95% of people are smaller than the sizes given. Therefore the size range show the mid 90% range of people sizes in the UK. Dimension s Man (Percentiles) Women (Percentiles) 5% 95% 5% 95% 1- Height 1625 1855 1505 1710 2-Eye 1515 1745 1405 1610 3-Shoulder Height 1315 1535 1215 1405 4-Elbow Height 1005 1180 930 1085 5-Hip Height 840 1000 740 885 6-Knuckle Height 690 825 660 780 7-Fingertip Height 590 720 560 685 8-Sitting Height 850 965 795 910 9-Sitting Eye Height 735 845 685 795 10-Sitting Shoulder 540 645 505 610 11-Sitting Elbow Height 195 295 185 280 12-Thigh Thickness 135 185 125 180 13-Buttock-Knee Length 540 645 520 620 14-Buttock-popliteal length 440 550 435 530 15-Knee Height 490 595 455 540 16-Popliteal Height 395 490 355 445 17-Shoulder Breadth 420 510 355 435 18-Shoulder Breadth 365 430 325 385 19-Hip Breadth 310 405 310 435 20-Chest Depth 215 285 210 295 21-Abdominal Depth 220 325 205 305 22-Shoulder-Elbow Length 330 395 300 360 23-Elbow Fingertip Length 440 510 400 460 24-Upper Limb Length 720 840 655 760 25-Shoulder Grip Length 610 715 555 650 26-Head Length 180 205 165 190 27-Head Breadth 145 165 135 150 28-Hand Length 175 205 160 190 29-Hand Breadth 80 95 70 85 30-Foot Length 240 285 215 255 31-Foot Breadth 85 110 80 100 32-Span 1655 1925 1490 1725 33-Elbow Span 865 1020 780 920 34-Vertical Reach 1925 2190 1790 2020 35-Vertical Reach (sit) 1145 1340 1060 1235 35-Forward Grip Reach 720 835 650 755 Hand capacities Maximum height of reach- Note: As a very general rule the maximum height of reach = 1,24 x Body Length.. Sex Stature Percentile To Fingertip(mm) Grasping Height (mm) Male Tall 95 2310 2190 Male Average 50 2180 2060 Male Short 5 2040 1920 Female Tall 95 2120 2020 Female Average 50 2000 1900 Female Short 5 1890 1790

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