• How to design an Ergonomic Kitchen? | Guide to Kitchen Ergonomics

The kitchen is one of the most used rooms in the house. It becomes critical to design an ergonomic kitchen area that allows you to spend less time here. Nobody enjoys a crowded work environment when movement is constrained and one rapidly wears out due to constraints. As a result, it is critical to recognise and improve the ergonomics of your kitchen.

If you are a seasoned reader who wants to skim through this article, please feel free to jump on to the below sections directly:

• What is ergonomics?
• What is an ergonomic kitchen?
  • User adaptability
  • Excellent work-flow assurance
  • Standardized utensil storage
  • Assembled storage space for consumables
  • Efficient lighting in all kitchen zones
• Advantages of an ergonomic kitchen
• Applying ergonomics to all these zones ensures many benefits to the user.
  • An ergonomic kitchen will boost your productivity.
  • Ergonomics in the kitchen improves the quality of work.
  • An ergonomic kitchen boosts and improves employee engagement.
  • Ergonomics creates a safe co-op experience in a company.
• How to make your kitchen ergonomically sound?
• Conclusion
• How can Kuche7® help you?

What is ergonomics?

The field of design that studies the interaction between a person and the things they use in their daily lives. It monitors the person's interaction with kitchen in order to optimise mobility and placement in order to minimise unnatural injury to the body.

Raising a kitchen ergonomically offers a comfortable place for working and mobility, allowing you to complete your task comfortably without becoming overly tired.

What is an ergonomic kitchen?

An ergonomic kitchen optimises your activities and allows you to work comfortably with fewer movements. It is designed to be easy to work with and not to tyre you out soon.

Here are some features of an ergonomic kitchen:

• User adaptability
  An ergonomic kitchen is designed with user flexibility and comfort in mind. This includes countertop height, illumination, storage, product availability, and so forth.
  
• Excellent work-flow assurance
  The kitchen work triangle, which connects the stove, sink, and refrigerator, should be the foundation of the kitchen plan. The space between these three divisions should be unobstructed and as short as possible to allow for maximum labour in cooking, cleaning, and storage.
  
• Standardized utensil storage
  To make the kitchen more ergonomic, the utensils are housed in distinct cabinets based on their shapes and sizes. This is done to avoid over-stacking and object toppling and to produce a tidy environment. For U-shaped or L-shaped kitchens that cannot have separate cabinets, a modular kitchen with accessories is an option.
  
• Assembled storage space for consumables
  To make it easier to find the edibles, put them in single-layered drawers. They should be separated based on their sizes and forms so that none of them gets buried beneath the other or topples over.
  
• Efficient lighting in all kitchen zones
  There should be sufficient lighting spread across the entire kitchen. The cooking zone should have a focused and bright light for better vision during cooking. The countertops should have small LED lights or any other preferable that deny any shadow to be cast and obstruct activity.
  

The Benefits of an Ergonomic Kitchen

The kitchen ergonomics concentrate mostly around these five zones-

• Washing
• Cooking
• Storage
• Preparation
• Utensils

Using ergonomics in all of these zones provides several benefits to the user.

For starters, an ergonomic kitchen saves money. Reducing ergonomic risk factors enables the prevention of expensive MSDs. Maintaining ergonomics provides for considerable cost reductions as well as several indirect expenses. It reduces incidence rates, musculoskeletal problems, missed workdays, restricted days, workers' compensation costs, labour costs, and so on.

• An ergonomic kitchen will boost your productivity.
  Ergonomics in the kitchen will facilitate better posture, less motion, decreased exertion, good heights, and reach in an efficient workspace. This allows you to be more comfortable and work more. It is designed to an individual’s ease, is gentler on the body, and is the most comfortable way of living.
• Ergonomics in the kitchen improves the quality of work.
  Ergonomics in the kitchen will facilitate better posture, less motion, decreased exertion, good heights, and reach in an efficient workspace. This allows you to be more comfortable and work more. It is designed to an individual’s ease, is gentler on the body, and is the most comfortable way of living.
• An ergonomic kitchen boosts and improves employee engagement.
  An employee notices the company's efforts to keep them in a healthy and safe working environment. If an employee is not tired or uncomfortable throughout the workday, it increases his morale, reduces employee absenteeism, and results in a high turnover rate for the firm.

How to make your kitchen ergonomically sound?

A well-designed kitchen boosts efficiency and production. It offers a joyful working environment free of sluggishness and needless bodily discomfort. Here are a few ideas for making your kitchen more ergonomic: The area between the appliances should remain clear. To make it easier to work between the cooking area, the washing area, and the fridge, the kitchen work triangle guideline should be followed.

Maintain a spacing of 1.05 – 1.2 metres between the benches and the fixtures. The kitchen can accommodate up to 1.4m of space, but anything less would make it crowded and inefficient.

It is recommended that plates not be stored above the dishwasher, but rather beside it. A bench height of 850mm-920mm should be maintained for each individual's comfort. Anything wrong will cause a terrible backache. To avoid injury while working, keep a safe distance between the stove and the range hood. Drawers are easier to install than cabinets. It relieves back strain and aids in the rapid discovery of items.

To minimise mishaps, work zones must be well illuminated. Installing a sprung floor is a good idea since it is soft and absorbs shocks. It provides support for the legs when standing and working in the kitchen.

Conclusion

Thus, kitchen ergonomics is one of the most pleasant and cost-effective strategies to save money while having an easy and enjoyable time in the kitchen.

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