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This document provides ergonomic requirements and recommendations for increasing accessibility regarding ease of operation through the design of products and controls of daily use. It is aimed to design products and equipment that can be handled and manipulated easily and comfortably by people with the widest range of physical characteristics, capabilities and limitations and people in the widest range of age. Requirements and recommendations specified in this document are based on general accessibility considerations as well as specific design considerations on the bases of human physical characteristics, capabilities and limitations related to operation of products and equipment such as body size, strength, reach range, and dexterity. Some considerations on cognitive factors are also covered. Products and equipment only for professional use as well as those used only by technical experts are not covered in this document. Design aspects related only to information and marking are not included either. This document does not contain general ergonomic requirements and recommendations for manual handling, working postures, and safety of machinery, but is based on the general knowledge of those issues. NOTE - ISO 11228-1, ISO 11228-2, ISO 11228-3, ISO 11226, EN 1005-2, EN 1005-3, EN 1005-4, provide ergonomics requirements and recommendations for manual handling, working postures, and safety of machinery.